by Amanda Miller Published: December 9,2011
Tags: Christmas, toys, Young Professionals
The Colorado Springs Young Professionals collected dozens of toys during its annual toy drive Thursday night at McCabe’s Tavern. The Colorado Springs Young Professionals have collected toys for the last seven years and always donate them to Christmas Unlimited. Founded in 1923, Christmas Unlimited is one of the oldest nonprofits in Colorado. [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 23,2010
Tags: Christmas
Maybe it’s the season, but someone’s chopping down trees in city parks and taking them. City officials say a blue spruce has been stolen from Ash Grove Park in southeast Denver. Another tree was cut down a few miles away in Lindsley Park. City Forester Robert Davis says the suspicion is the trees are being [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 7,2010
Tags: Christmas, Fort Carson
The Trees for Troops program is providing free Christmas trees to families of Fort Carson soldiers. About 600 farm-grown trees will be distributed starting on Wednesday at the post. Fort Carson spokeswoman Brandy Gill says the trees are provided by FedEx and the Colorado Christmas Spirit Foundation. Nationwide, Trees for Troops has delivered more than [...] [...]
The Christmas shopping season doesn’t kick off for another six weeks, but retailers already are signaling they’re prepared to discount aggressively if needed to entice shoppers still skittish about spending. Stores expect gift buyers to scrutinize every purchase, from $20 toys to $1,000 designer jackets, and to limit how many stores they visit. Most forecasters [...] [...]
Toys R Us will hire about 45,000 employees to help with the holiday season, doubling its U.S. work force. The privately held toy company said Tuesday that it is hiring more workers than in the past three holiday seasons because of an additional 600 smaller stores located in malls and shopping centers. Those “pop-up” stores [...] [...]
In an effort to entice more shoppers looking for Christmas goodies, Wal-Mart reduced prices on 100 toys by 20 to 30 percent. The move is a second marketing attempt to encourage shopping during the recession. Earlier this year, Wal-Mart dropped prices on 100 toys to $10. The latest rollbacks include popular licensed toys, interactive toys [...] [...]
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