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Catalogue and Home Shopping: Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Copyright (c) 2007 Sam Benton

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If youre smart this year, youll be out of your blocks on the B of Bang to get your Christmas shopping campaign under way. Keep your eyes peeled though and you might just catch sight of a jolly old guy in a red suit, wholl run you a good race for the early rich pickings.

This year though, if you and Santa are really smart, you wont be breaking sweat on the high street, where youll both go head to head with frenzied Christmas shoppers, oh no, if youre really smart, youll be browsing through Catalogues for ideas and youll be ordering online from the comfort of your own armchair.

Shopping online is the absolute best way to keep both your dignity and your sanity, and its by far the best way to keep your stress levels in check. For those of you who really must indulge in the Christmas rush first hand, you have the option to order or reserve from your favourite bricks and clicks retailer then collect it yourself.

For me, the split between online and high street shopping will be ninety/ten. I have no intention whatsoever of lugging any more Christmas presents around town, rather, Ill be ticking and clicking my way through my Christmas list online and only venturing into town for gift wrap and some casual browsing for stocking fillers, and of course, therell probably be plenty of coffee and muffin breaks in there somewhere as well.

Has it always been this easy? Well no, it hasnt, and Id have to say that my view of Christmas past has been a little jaded as a result. Im sure there are shopaholics aplenty, its just that Im not one of them. The advent of the Internet has made shopping and Christmas shopping in particular a darn sight easier as far as Im concerned and its done something I never thought it would, and that is to remove the only dark cloud on the run up to Christmas, allowing me to enjoy the whole festive period from start to finish.

To just quickly remind you of how easy online shopping can be, let me just recap some of the benefits as I see them: You can browse a printed catalogue for ideas (requested online of course), You can browse online where retailers have even greater ranges than catalogue only or bricks and mortar only retailers can display. You can take advantage of web only exclusives. You can pay cash or take advantage of any number of pay now or next year options. You can sort and view the best bargains, by price, by brand, by model etc. You can hunt down those popular, but scarce hot sellers and know for sure that youre one of the lucky few, once your order is confirmed. You can choose a delivery time or day. Are you tempted yet?

One final point: At least one (major) online catalogue retailer offers the following: Order by 3.pm on the 22nd of December and still have your things delivered for Christmas. So if you really want a stress free shopping experience right up to the last minute, Catalogue, Home Shopping & the Internet really are your best option. Even Santas gotta be tempted by that!

As always, Happy Shopping.

About the Author

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Home Time (DVD) $8.49 At 17 Gaynor Jacks ran off to find her place in the big wide world, but now she�s come back to her home town � at 29 � with her tail between her legs and not even a starter home to show for herself. She must crawl back into the life she left behind, suffering the gleeful sympathy of her friends and ill judged parental intrusions, all played out in front of old flames and adversaries she thought she�d never see again� Starring Emma Fryer (phone shop/IDEAL)

The Woodwright's Shop $24.95 Roy Underhill brings to woodworking the intimate relationship with wood that craftsmen enjoyed in the days before power tools. Combining historical background, folklore, alternative technololgy, and humor, he provides both a source of general information and a detailed introduction to traditional woodworking. Beginning with a guide to trees and tools, The Woodwright's Shop includes chapters on gluts and mauls, shaving horses, rakes, chairs, weaving wood, hay forks, dough bowls, lathes, blacksmithing, dovetails, panel-frame construction, log houses, and timber-frame construction. More than 330 photographs illustrate the text. For more than twenty-five years, Roy Underhill has taught the techniques of traditional hand-tool woodworking. In five books and on his popular, long-running PBS series, The Woodwright's Shop, America's leading authority on old-time woodcraft has inspired millions to take up chisel and plane. Designed for both woodworking novices and for more seasoned woodworkers looking for enjoyable projects, the books feature step-by-step instructions, complete with easy-to-follow photographs and measured drawings. Roy Underhill is the former master housewright at Colonial Williamsburg. He created The Woodwright's Shop, one of the first television programs devoted to woodworking, in 1979. The series is produced by the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television and has aired nationally since 1981. Roy is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a master's degree from Duke University. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Woodwright's Shop. A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft. Features a guide to trees and tools as well as chapters on gluts and mauls, shaving horses, chairs, lathes, blacksmithing, log houses, and more. The Woodwright's Companion. Exploring Traditional Woodcraft. Includes chapters on helves and handles, saws, the search for the whetstone quarry, hurdles, whimmy diddles, planes, window sashes, and pit sawing. The Woodwright's Workbook. Further Explorations in Traditional Woodcraft. With step-by-step instructions for tool chests, workbenches, lathes, and historical reproductions of items for the home. Roy also explores building barns, boats, and even colonial fortresses. The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop. Popular projects include the Adirondack chair, tavern table, folding ladder, rocking horse, lathe, and kayak, all illustrated with photographs and measured drawings. The Woodwright's Apprentice. Twenty Favorite Projects from The Woodwright's Shop. Begins with directions for building a workbench, then builds new skills--from frame construction to dovetailing, turning, steam-bending, and carving--with each successive project. -->

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No Waste Like Home $9.09 Flushing your money down the loo? Throwing your future in the bin? Pouring your happiness down the drain? Every year we spend 400 million on food and generate 29 million tons of household waste. What's more worrying is that our homes are so full of toxins they're making us sick. TVs, computers, cleaning and beauty products are emitting waste that we don't know about, waste that's potentially killing us. No Waste Like Home is the revelatory book that will change your outlook. No nonsense, no unrealistic green speak - just simple lifestyle plans that could save you up to 4000 a year. Quiz yourself to find your environmental make-up, add up your health and wealth miles and learn the ins and outs of how to reduce, reuse and recycle. Packed with mind-blowing facts and practical targets, No Waste Like Home is about a lot more than taking your bottles to the bank. Inside there are hundreds of quick and easy ways to improve your home, car, shopping bills and health. The ultimate 'make a difference' subject is about to hit you and your home.

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