Sentences with phrase «of holidays like»

Get ready to celebrate Back to School Month and Family Fun Month, plus a host of holidays like Book Lovers Day and S'mores Day, with fun library activities!

Few fruits remind us of the holidays like naturally tart, vividly red cranberries.

You can tell that your friends have completely gone for it when they start using words like «antiphon» and celebrating unheard - of holidays like Epiphany and Maundy Thursday.

Not exact matches

On the other hand, and assuming they're destined for critical acclaim, having completely new and exclusive games like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Snipperclips, Arms and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 available as part of your launch year holiday lineup could prove a much bigger deal than anyone's yet realized.

If your mom is anything like mine, getting her a gadget for Mother's Day (or any other holiday) leads to a parade of questions — «Why did you get me this?»

Personal days can cover things like the illness of a child, a death in the family, jury duty, military obligations, or religious holidays.

Of course, things like extended illnesses, a death in the family, or religious holidays can always force an employee to miss work.

Apple's service business, which includes businesses like the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and Apple Care, fell short of its ambitious targets for the quarter, despite hitting fresh records in the App Store over the holidays.

The Chinese New Year holidays are full and 2018 is looking like a good year as a younger clientele arrives, says Christoph Schmidinger of the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong.

Dunn also noted that there are other things that can affect the timing of the jobs report, such as federal holidays like Christmas and the 4th of July.

Consumable or edible gifts, like candles or food, are especially appropriate at holiday time as an expression of warmth and friendship.

Just like Santa has become one of the most important components of the holidays, your business should make it's way into becoming a part of your customers everyday lives.

Out of the 21,000 surveyed, 52 percent said they like to use the holidays to buy gifts not only for other people, but also for themselves.

Like I mentioned in the intro, the Fear - Of - Missing - Out Factor rides high in the customers mind during the holiday season.

«The scents of pine, cinnamon, and mulled cider join with the sounds of carolers, traditional hymns, and pop holiday tunes to create the Christmas holiday season in the minds of many,» notes Eric R. Spangenberg in his 2003 study, «It's Beginning to Smell (and Sound) a Lot Like Christmas: The Interactive Effects of Ambient Scent and Music in a Retail Setting.»

The company also made sure to have more product available during the holiday season to avoid out of stocks and was well positioned to take advantage of heightened consumer interest in products like mobile phones and video games.

Make use of holidays, seasonal activities, and cultural trends, like football tailgating activities or something tied to a major upcoming concert.

They don't like a lot of action, a lot of activity and a lot of people which is exactly what they walk into when they get to a holiday party late,» says Zack.

Like Candy.com, small online merchants are mimicking the security practices of bigger, more well - known e-tailers to give customers a little peace of mind along with their wares this holiday season.

Nostalgia for the 1980s and the 1990s has peaked in recent years, as evidenced elsewhere in the fashion world with a denim comeback not to mention listicle upon listicle on BuzzFeed, reboots of countless nineties sitcoms from Boy Meets World to Full House (or original takes on dated themes like Netflix's Stranger Things), or even the release of the Nintendo NES Classic Edition that immediately became The Gift of the 2016 holiday season.

Integer also publishes public reports on a variety of shopper habits, primarily from an American point of view, ranging across subjects like holiday shopping trends and coupon usage.

Does the prospect of taking a «Facebook holiday» fill you with dread as you picture a life of social isolation, or does it sound like an appealing and refreshing chance to change priorities?

You can also make the party a BYOB party if you want; often beverages are the most expensive part of a party, especially on a holiday like the 4th of July.

People receive a barrage of special offers and announcements from businesses on major holidays like Christmas and Valentines Day.

So this holiday his wish list includes a pair of MyVu Shades, eyewear that looks like regular sunglasses but blocks out whatever is showing on a laptop or iPod screen for everyone except the person wearing them.

Start by giving those holiday bonuses if that's part of your plan, and remember that it's a deduction just like regular employee payroll.

Apple shipments via major concerns like FedEx and UPS are said to be «incredibly high» for the holiday quarter, pointing to a massive number of iPhones and whatever other units Apple announces for the fall season incoming.

Guilty feelings can lead to a long list of unhealthy parenting strategies — like giving in to your child after you've said no or overindulging your child on the holidays.

Beyond obvious days for sales like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, think about what kind of deals and promotions you can offer your audience during the rest of the holiday season to drive ongoing sales.

Taking on a side gig during the holidays seems like it would only add stress, but there are a number of reasons why a side job can help during the holidays.

The FOMC offered few surprises for a market that looks like it wants to do little ahead of tomorrow's Thanksgiving holiday.

Two - thirds of respondents admit to using up to 60 percent of their workday to complete holiday prep work — like shopping, running errands and having conversations with family or friends.

We're excited that people continued to join Prime this holiday, to take advantage of more fast and free shipping options plus new convenient delivery like Amazon Key, as well as early access to Lightning Deals and unlimited streaming of TV shows and movies, including Prime Originals and more,» stated Jeff Wilke, CEO Worldwide Consumer.

We do things like take organization - wide coffee breaks where we ask staff to go buy a coffee and ponder a specific question; we hold online book clubs and create communities of shared interests that range from using data tools to vegetarian cooking to working parents; around the holidays we host regional holiday parties and virtual «Holi - DJ» listening parties, where team members swap playlists of their favorite music.

2018.02.06 Holiday shoppers break their budgets — looking for new savings ideas in 2018: RBC poll While the winter holidays may seem like a distant memory, the arrival of holiday bills brings them back to reality for many Canadians.

Strength of doll brands like Barbie and Monster High around the world helped Mattel's net income rise 16 percent in the third quarter, a positive sign ahead of the all - important holiday season.

Sales of big - name toys like Barbie and Fisher - Price preschool items slid during a tough holiday season.

The holidays may be over, but the auto industry is acting like Christmas is on the way — as they prepare to unwrap dozens of new vehicles at the upcoming North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.

Like many retailers, J.C. Penney had an upbeat holiday season, with sales at stores open at least a year (an industry standard for measuring financial performance) rising 2.6 % during the final months of 2017.

«They came off of a very strong Thanksgiving holiday, and it looks like we're going to ramp up on a strong Christmas season [that] I think that will carry into next year,» he said on «Power Lunch.»

Amazon's free delivery options surrounding the holiday are likely to compete with fellow eCommerce retailers like Walmart, which has a leg up on the online platform because of its buy online, pick up in - store options.

Other similar things might be investing in supermarkets and «consumer staples» (because if your weekly shopping basket inflates, their shares and divis probably will too) or investing in healthcare as a hedge against future healthcare costs inflating or investing in utilities as a hedge against utilities bills rising (I've yet to buy any but I quite like the idea of owning enough ~ 7 % yielding Centrica for the divis to cover the gas and electricity bills) or investing in travel and tourism companies as a hedge against holiday costs inflating.

Specifically, Apple's AirPods product looks like it's a hot gift this holiday season, extending its streak of strong demand since the product was released last December.

It seems like everybody creates most of their purchases online nowadays, especially during The Holidays.

We will likely see a slowdown during the end - of - year holiday seasons, like always.

My mother told me that placing my faith in God was the answer / But then I hated God cause he gave my mother cancer / Killing her slow like the Feds did to the Blank Panthers / The genesis of genocide is like a Pagan religion / Carefully hidden, woven into the holidays of a Christian /

Though the geopolitical makeup of each Arab Spring country is different, Shea and other religious freedom scholars say that a pious holiday like Easter presents an opportunity for anti-Christian groups to seek out worshipers.

If she was hired as a gift wrapper for the holiday season, she would have also expected to decorate packages with Santas, elves, pagan seasonal symbols like holly, and probably a lot of things that refer to the Christian tradition of Christmas — angels, doves, 3 wise men and stuff like that.

None of the «traditional» holiday themed garbage that ties into «Santa» and the like have anything to do with this event.

Just like eating a piece of fruit cake in January doesn't mean you are celebrating a holiday.