NEW YORK (AP) - This season's greeting: Try to have a happy holiday. Glum economic tidings are reshaping the more than century-old tradition - and big business - of sending holiday cards. ...more

December 21, 2008

There is no need to sell your dental fillings to have a happy holiday season, as one all-news cable channel suggested some people contemplate. ...more

December 13, 2008

The tendency is to focus on the children at Christmas, and to make sure those who are less fortunate have a happy holiday. But it is also a time when many seniors can use some extra attention. ...more

December 10, 2008

The Culinary Sherpas offer up ideas for holiday party fun and feeding. ...more

December 3, 2008

Get out the lawn chairs and slip into something red and green for the Avon Park Christmas Parade, Monday, Dec. 1, the first of the county's three holiday parades. ...more

November 28, 2008

Florida's consumer services chief is counseling shoppers to keep cool heads in the maelstrom of holiday discounting. ...more

November 27, 2008

Gift cards are more popular this year and are easier to use, thanks to key rulings by the Federal Trade Commission and efforts by a number of states to regulate them, several retail experts said. ...more

December 18, 2007

Spirit Of Community Over the past couple of weeks there has been some discussion regarding the Holiday Tree Lighting event hosted by the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce. As a pastor I am pleased to be part of this chamber, where I can express my Christian faith through love for my neighbors, and on the whole I have no problem participating in family-friendly events that appeal to a wider, diverse audience. ...more

November 30, 2007