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NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a shaky economy, Americans still want to party and will spend to celebrate the season this year. From Halloween costume parties to Secret Santa exchanges to champagne toasts at New Year's, results from interclick's latest audience insight survey show that median spending for holiday parties will be $350 per party, with overall spending potentially topping $3 billion this year. The majority of consumers throwing holiday parties this year will...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 marks the Summer Solstice.The Summer Solstice, or "Midsummer," derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), occurs exactly when the Earth's axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° 26'. This is the time when the Sun is at its highest, or most northerly, point in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere. Except in the polar regions, where daylight is continuous for many months during the spring and summer, the day on which the...

Hundreds of Lights, Live Music and Holiday Activities Create a Festive Occasion at the Garden Naples, FL (Vocus) December 7, 2010 On December 16, 2010 Naples Botanical Garden begins its annual Winter Solstice Celebration, sponsored by Home-Tech, from 6-8 p.m. During December 16 -23 and again from December 26-30 from 6-8 p.m. visitors will enjoy special holiday activities and live musical entertainment as they walk along Garden pathways lit by hundreds of tiki-torches to the Solstice...

CHICAGO, Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to get ready for Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. The holiday season can be both a joyful and stressful time for many families. Children often get caught in the middle of bitter arguments between separated and divorced parents during the Holiday Season and are compelled to take sides. Holidays can intensify parental conflict and sadly leave children feeling responsible during a time that should be filled with joy...

Thanksgiving and Christmas Themed Webisodes Added to New Online Video Series "˜History: Deconstructed' New York, NY (PRWEB) November 24, 2010 To celebrate the holidays, History.com's minisites for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa tell the story of each holiday--including history, fun facts and traditions--through brand-new videos, photos and updated articles. Also, just in time for the holiday season, History.com has created original online videos as part of its "History:...

MONTEREY, Calif., Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for the season of holiday parties and white elephant gifts, SHOP.COM asks shoppers to dig up photos of the funniest, oddest, craziest or simply most lackluster gift they've ever received. The award-winning shopping comparison site would like shoppers to post their holiday photos on SHOP.COM's Facebook page wall (http://www.facebook.com/Shop.com) as an entry into SHOP.COM's My Funniest Gift Contest. Shoppers can submit as many...

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Happy New Year! Happy New Year! It's twice the fireworks, twice the fun as Philadelphia rings in 2010 with two dazzling pyrotechnic displays along the Delaware River waterfront at 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight. Restaurants, hotels and attractions in Philly and South Jersey are ensuring that revelers have a clear view of the colorful displays by hosting lavish celebrations for adults and kid-friendly fetes for pint-sized partiers -- the details of which...

In a fitting finale for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009), astronomers and archaeologists will celebrate the five millennia of astronomical heritage at Stonehenge, the most sophisticated stone circle in the world and amongst Europe's most important Neolithic sites. The attractions include a free public astronomy exhibition and expert-led tours of the site and surrounding landscape.Activity on the world famous Stonehenge site dates from earlier than 3000 BCE and the monument was...

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Philadelphia is going all out for the New Year's four-day weekend, making it the perfect destination for families who want a kid-friendly celebration and for adults ready to party into the wee hours of 2010. After New Year's Eve kicks off with Countdown to Noon at Please Touch Museum®, "Happy New Year!" will echo throughout the city twice when two colorful fireworks shows dazzle onlookers on both sides of the Delaware River. On New Year's Day, the...

A giant straw Christmas goat in Gavle, Sweden, was burned down again this year by unknown assailants, officials said. The Local reported Saturday that all that remained of the 43-foot Gavle goat was a blackened skeleton. The newspaper reported that for decades residents have erected a traditional straw goat before Christmas in the main city square, and vandals for years have burned it to the ground. We have been so happy that he survived through Christmas Eve, which is the toughest period...