holiday
March 13, 2023 | Angela Moy
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration: Chicago Dyes River Green to Honor Irish Holiday
The City of Chicago honored the Irish holiday of St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday with the dyeing of the Chicago River and a parade. Irish families say Saint Patrick’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate their heritage with friends and family and welcome the arrival of Spring.
January 6, 2023 | Reuters
Heavy Discounts Drive Record US Online Holiday Spending: Report
U.S. online spending during the 2022 holiday season rose by a better-than-expected 3.5 percent, a report by Adobe Analytics showed, as retailers used hefty discounts to lure inflation-weary consumers into spending on everything from toys to electronics. Shoppers spent a record $211.7 billion online over the holiday season, which typically starts in November and ends […]
December 26, 2022 | Wire Service
Massive Southwest Airlines Disruption Leaves Customers Stranded and Call Centers Swamped
Last week’s winter weather travel mess is lingering like a vicious hangover into this week, and the headaches have been migraine-proportioned for Southwest Airlines, its CEO Bob Jordan, airline employees and most of all its frustrated passengers on Monday. More than 3,900 flights within, into, or out of the US had already been canceled by […]
December 23, 2022 | Reuters
Deep Freeze Disrupts Travel and Cuts Power to 1.5 Million Ahead of Holiday
Arctic cold extended its grip over much of the United States on Friday, combining with snow, ice, and howling winds from a deadly winter storm roaring out of the Midwest to disrupt energy supplies and thwart travel for millions of Americans ahead of the holiday weekend. The extreme winter weather, which prompted city authorities across […]
December 19, 2022 | Reuters
Holiday Bookings Are Back at Upscale Restaurants—at Higher Prices
NEW YORK—Holiday parties are back at posh eateries—even with soaring menu prices. At the Michelin-starred restaurant Boka in Chicago, bookings are back to pre-pandemic levels. But the whole-roasted, dry-aged duck for two runs $110—22 percent more than it was two years ago. Instead of big parties for 75 to 150 people, guests are planning more […]
December 17, 2022 | NTD Films
Snowball’s Christmas Tails By The Fire
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. This holiday, spend some time with Snowball and his friends as they tell Christmas stories around the fire, including time honored Christmas Classics.
December 15, 2022 | The Associated Press
Retail Sales Drop at Start of Key Holiday Shopping Season
WASHINGTON—Americans cut back sharply on retail spending last month as the holiday shopping season began with high prices and rising interest rates forcing families, particularly lower income households, to make harder decisions about what they buy. Retail sales fell 0.6 percent from October to November after a sharp 1.3 percent rise the previous month, the […]
November 28, 2022 | The Associated Press
First Lady Unveils ‘We the People’ White House Holiday Decorations
WASHINGTON—“We the People” is Jill Biden’s holiday theme with White House decorations designed for “the people” to see themselves in the tree ornaments, mantel displays, mirrors, and do-it-yourself creations that have turned the mansion’s public spaces into a winter wonderland. “The soul of our nation is, and has always been, ‘We the People,’” the first […]