Posts under ‘Christmas Shopping’

It’s Christmas — a time for giving! It’s also recession – a time for surviving!
Few would deny that when people give freely from the heart, everybody wins. And yet the very thought of Christmas  this year touches people’s hearts in a new way.  Because of lost jobs or growing  debts, even the most generous givers [...]

Ever notice how Thanksgiving and Christmas tend to bring out blues in some and blessings in others? Or how lonely people see vast spaces between themselves and others – even at festive  holiday tables?
First glances  show people blessed with close family and  friends feel blessed over holidays while those alone feel abandoned. Not so. Loneliness [...]

If you listened lately to the media’s constant streams of financial fears, you likely failed to shop much for loved ones over Christmas. Not that buying less detracts from the magic of Christmas. Yet, sadly, the gloomy news turned into poor proceeds for stores, just as fear blocked winning opportunities from your own brain. Why [...]

Job loss, economic woes. Why do tough times stir despair in some and courage in others, especially during holidays like Christmas? When people feel life hitting back – below the belt, why do some rise and some fall?
I’d been inspired  recently in discussions on this dilemma,  with Robyn, Eva, Greg, Pamir, Jeannie, Lissa, Janet and [...]

I’ll admit that whenever I enter stores where clerks rush dive-bomb me with guises such as greetings you expect only from best friends, I run. Ok, I’m gone for a few other reasons. Every time I hear how we’ve structured national and global systems to make people buy more, cajoling others to carry more debt [...]