Holiday Shopping

Do you like shopping at craft fairs and church bazaars? This time of year many organizations raise funds by selling home-made decorations and gifts for the holiday season, here's a look at where you might find just what you're looking for this weekend.

Do you shop at the Sears or Kmart stores in Cheyenne? Would you miss them if they closed? A financial news and market tracking company reported this week that Sears Holdings plans to close 116 Sears and Kmart stores and lay off nearly 6,100 employees, Sears disputes the report.

Seems as though every year, there’s the must have toy that every kid desperately wants, causing misery for parents everywhere, who are now under pressure to get them that “must have” for Christmas! We’ve gone through the Cabbage Patch craze, the Beanie Baby frenzy, and who could forget Tickle Me Elmo and Furby? But much to my surprise, outside of maybe a new Play Station or Xbox, the biggest “must have” this year is (drum roll please) nothing! REALLY? You mean there’s nothing we parents have to stand in long lines, preparing to go to toy stores that have turned into literal battlefields, ready to claw and scratch are way to get that must have item?

With the news that a lot of retailers will be open this year on Thanksgiving Day, I've seen a few different Facebook and Twitter posts about people choosing not to shop as a boycott defense for workers not getting to spend time with their families. Whereas the news does show how much society has migrated toward wanting the ability to shop all of the time, is it the correct thing to be doing?

It's not just the big-box stores like Walmart and Target who get mobbed by 'Black Friday' shoppers. Here you can watch as hundreds of women prepare to trample each other for fancy underwear at their local Victoria's Secret.