ANDERSON — Ten shops will feature unique holiday decorating ideas and gifts during the annual Saint John’s Victoria Guild Christmas Corner. This year’s theme is “Believe.”

Haines City Parks and Recreation Department along with area businesses will have a benefit at 7 tonight for "Sharing Christmas With You," a toys for the needy project.

NEW GLASGOW – With a little under a month remaining before the big day, organizers of the New Glasgow Christmas Parade are hoping to attract additional sponsors for the event.

Children's Christmas presents in Snohomish may become a causality of the economic crisis. One charity is already sounding the alarm bell.

Looking for a last-minute getaway for Christmas? The silver lining to the economic downturn is that with just seven weeks to go until the holiday there still is plenty of space available on cruise ships.

Plain Dealer file photoNow, Pearl of the Orient is officially linked to "A Christmas Story." INFO What: A Christmas Story House and Museum. Where: 3159 W. 11th St., Cleveland. Details: For hours and admission, go to www.achristmasstoryhouse.com or call 216-298-4919....

Japanese voters wondering when they'll get a chance to go to the polls might get a present in their Christmas stockings if, as some media and analysts suggest, the prime minister dissolves the lower house on December 25.

OAKLEY - After a 10-year hiatus the original Oakley Valley Arts Council cast of the '50s quartet "Forever Plaid" returns to the stage in a Christmas sequel, "Plaid Tidings."

That's a pretty good costume your retailer has on. You can't tell it from Father Christmas. Merry Halloween. Trick-or-treaters are just heading out today, but consumers are finding themselves pushing carts amid a barrage of Christmas decorations and having to choose between buying Halloween paraphernalia and getting a jump on purchasing gifts for Dec. 25.

It's time for the Deseret News annual Christmas writing contest, "Christmas I Remember Best." Christmas is a time to remember and reflect on past holidays. The News is asking its readers to write original stories about their most memorable Christmas.