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items, millions of people wait to start their holi-day shopping until the season hits full swing. Butin spite of such bargains, overextending budgetsduring the holiday season is too tempting for manyshoppers to resist. However, shoppers need notrisk financial peril if they shop smartly and heedsome dos and donts of holiday shopping.

* Do set a budget. Establish what you can af-ford to spend on gifts and other seasonal trim-mings early on. The National Retail Federation es-timates the average consumer will spend around$700 come the holiday season. But not every per-son needs to be a big spender. The buy now, paylater mentality credit cards offer lands many shop-pers in trouble, a sticky situation many only notice

once the first bill comes due. If you cannot affordto pay your entire credit card balance off once thebill arrives, you face steep interest charges that can

quickly add up. Instead, pick a set spending limit

and keep to it no matter how tempting it may seemto overspend with a credit card.

* Dont be fooled by false sales. Retailers under-stand a good advertised deal lures shoppers intotheir stores. As a result, some retailers mark up thecost of certain items in order to slash the prices forholiday sales. Even if you are saving the assumed50 to 60 percent, the final cost of the item still maybe higher than normal. Comparison shop and doyour research so you dont fall victim to clever pric-ing.

* Do schedule time for shopping. Hectic sched-ules sometimes result in last-minute shoppingthat leads to impulse purchases. Schedule some

distraction-free time for your holiday shopping soyoure less likely to rush into purchases beforethinking them through.

* Dont double buy. Some shoppers use the holi-

days as an excuse to buy more for themselves thanthe people on their lists. While its tempting to treatyourself come the holiday season, this is a greatand quick way to deplete your budget. If you planon using holiday deals to supplement your ownwardrobe or household needs, reduce your spend-ing the rest of the year and save money for year-end purchases.

* Do collect coupons and look for purchasingincentives. Comparison shopping not only helpsyou get the best price, but also it can shed light oncoupons, shipping discounts and other incentivesthat lower the overall cost of products. Search on-line for Web sites that publish coupons and codesfor online discounts, including free shipping. Join a

stores marketing list and receive emails with dealssent directly to your inbox.

Dos and Donts of Holiday Shopping

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* Dont be afraid to delay some purchases if need

be. If hosting a post-holiday gathering where giftswill be exchanged, its perfectly acceptable to delaybuying those gifts until after Christmas or Chanu-kah, when many items can be found at even lowerprices. Many stores reduce prices on merchandisecome December 26, so you can wait until after theholidays to shop for items that will be exchangedwith distant friends and relatives. This enables youto save more money and use any received giftcards toward shopping.

* Do keep a level head. Some people forget thetrue meaning of the season is spending time withloved ones. Getting swept away by shopping andworrying about deadlines can make the seasonless enjoyable. Dont allow the stress of holidayshopping to compromise an otherwise joyous time

of year.

Dont be tempted by sales to buy things for yourself. The season is about giving, not receiving.

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Family owned and operated

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715-693-3205

598 Seagull Drive,Mosinee, WI

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Holiday shopping dominates many peoples freetime between the day after Thanksgiving and the fi-nal days before Christmas. While many people mayshop til they drop on Black Friday and Cyber Mon-day, those days still account for a relatively smallamount of the hundreds of billions of dollars thatare spent each holiday season.

Shoppers now have a bevy of options at their dis-posal as they embark on holiday shopping season.Traditional in-store retailers are still around, andonline shopping continues to grow in popularitywith each holiday season. But many holiday shop-pers are looking to buy local this holiday season,and such a decision can pay a host of dividendsfor both shoppers and the communities they callhome.

Buying local benefits your local economy.Studies from Civic Economics, an economics andstrategics planning firm, found that independent,locally-owned retailers return a far greater percent-age of their revenue into their local economies thannational chain stores. One such study examinedthe disparity between revenue recirculation among

independent, locally-owned businesses in Raleigh,North Carolina, versus four major national chainsin the city. The former recirculated 51.1 percent ofrevenue into the local economy, while the latter re-circulated less than 14 percent. Similar results werediscovered in many cities, indicating that buyinglocal not only benefits local business owners, butalso the communities those owners and their cus-tomers call home.

Buying local creates jobs in your community.One of the biggest ways local business owners inRaleigh recirculated their revenue in the local econ-omy was job creation. While national chains alsocreate jobs, such jobs only benefit your communityif the chains are located within your community. Ifyour local mall is a considerable drive away, chanc-

es are the chains within that mall are not employ-ing many of your fellow community members. Lo-cal businesses in your community are more likely toemploy residents of your town.

Shopping local may provide access to moreunique gifts. In addition to the economic benefits ofbuying local, shoppers may find merchandise made

by local craftsmen is more unique than mass-pro-duced items found on the shelves of national retail-ers. Recipients may cherish more unique items thatthey cannot find on their own, and that appreciationmay even spur them to visit more local retailers af-ter the holiday season has come and gone, benefit-ing their own communities in so doing.

Local business may provide a more personaltouch. Buying from national chains has its advan-tages, but customer service is not always one ofthem. Should your loved ones encounter problemswith their gift that requires assistance, they mightbe forced to wait on the phone for extended peri-ods of time as they and thousands of others waitfor customer service representatives to answertheir calls. Local businesses do not deal with nearly

the volume of customers as national retailers and,therefore, are capable of addressing concernsmore quickly and personally than large chains.

Buying local not only benefits small businessowners, but it also pays dividends for their custom-ers and the communities they call home.

The Benefi ts to Buying Local this Holiday Season



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Cherokee Bison Farms, Ltd.H4225 Elm Road, Colby, WI4 miles E. of Colby on N - 1/2 mile S. on Elm

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How to Manage Credit this Holiday SeasonHoliday shopping takes up a considerable

amount of time between Thanksgiving and Christ-mas Day. Shoppers who scour in-store and onlineretailers in the hunt for the perfect gift annuallyspend hundreds of billions of dollars during suchpursuits, and what they swipe when making pur-chases could go a long way toward how their newyears begin.

Overreliance on credit cards to make holidaypurchases can prove crippling once the calendarturns to January. According to an analysis of statis-tics from the Federal Reserve, the average house-hold consumer debt in the United States was morethan $15,700 as of June of 2015. Thats roughlyone-tenth the average mortgage debt, suggestingmany consumers are relying too heavily on creditcards when making their purchases.

This holiday season, consumers concernedabout swiping their credit cards too often can takethe following steps to more effectively manage theircredit.

Know what you can afford. Swiping now anddealing with the consequences in January is arecipe for a rocky new year. In some cases, it canbenefit consumers to make purchases with theircredit cards as opposed to their debit cards. Forinstance, when making purchases online, its often

safer to use a credit card rather than a debit card

linked to your checking and savings accounts, asusing the latter can make your lifes savings vulner-able to hackers. But dont start swiping your creditcards until you know what you can afford. Examineyour finances and only use your credit card if youknow you can repay the balance before it incursany interest. If you cant pay the balance in full atthe time the payment is due, use a debit card soyou are only spending money you already haveand not taking out what amounts to a high-interestloan on your holiday purchases.

Resist retailer cards. When making in-store pur-chases, chances are the cashier will invite you tosign up for a retailer credit card, even offering animmediate discount if you do so at the registers.While this discount may seem too tempting to ig-

nore, keep in mind many retailer credit cards comewith considerably higher interest fees on balancesif they are not paid off in full. So discount at theregister may end up costing you more money if youget to January and cant pay the balance in its en-tirety.

Try not to juggle cards. Many shoppers jugglemultiple cards to avoid building up too big a bal-ance on one particular card during the holiday sea-son. But thats an easy way to lose track of how

much you have spent. Rather than juggling cards,

use only the one with the lowest interest rate. Monitor your balances. Swiping a credit card

is easy and hassle-free, and many retailers bothbig and small now accept various types of cards.Keep a close eye on your balances, checking themonline after each shopping trip. This can help youcontrol your spending and also can alert you to anyfraudulent activity.

Shoppers who must use their credit cards thisholiday season can employ several strategies toensure they dont dig themselves into a financialhole by the end of December.



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Consumer Reports 2012 Holiday Poll found 9percent of shoppers an estimated 17 millionpeople planned to shop in stores on ChristmasEve in 2012. Many stores are still open on Christ-mas Eve, even if the doors are only unlocked for alimited number of hours. This gives shoppers onelast chance to find the perfect presents. In additionto having more time to decide on gifts, here aresome other benefits to shopping later in the sea-son.

Smaller crowds: As the holiday season windsdown, many shoppers have already completedtheir shopping. Fewer people tend to be in storesin the final days before Christmas, as they arereadying their homes for company or making travelplans. This can be a prime time for shopping andgetting through malls or other retailers in less time.

Discounted prices: Anxious to reduce inven-tory and make the most of end-of-the-year profits,stores may discount merchandise even further forfast sale. Shoppers anxious to save a little bit more

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Last-minute specials: Some online retailers of-fer doorbuster sales at various times during theholiday shopping season. These sales may offeradditional discounts or even free shipping. Just besure to balance the benefits of the discount againstthe shipping price. If it means having to pay a pre-mium for overnight shipping, it may not be worththe investment.

More time to plan: By the end of the holidayseason you may have a better idea of what youneed to purchase. You also may have polled oth-ers regarding what they are giving, reducing thechances of giving duplicate gifts.

Gift cards galore: Some people prefer to givegift cards, which are available all season long.Consumer Reports says 62 percent of last-minuteshoppers grab gift cards. If you fall into that cat-egory, waiting to buy the cards wont be an issue solong as you make it to the stores before they close.

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Gift exchanges trace their origins to both religiousand secular traditions, each of which has helpedshape the holidays into what they are today.

ChristmasPeople exchange gifts on Christmas Eve orChristmas Day all over the world. For Christians,Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, whoChristians believe was a gift from the Creator.

From a religious standpoint, gifting others aroundChristmastime can be traced back to the storiesof the Three Kings (also referred to as the ThreeWise Men) who visited Jesus after his birth. Frank-incense, a fragrance involved in worship; gold;and myrrh, an incense associated with funerals,was presented. These gifts symbolized worship in

Christ, that He would bethe King of Kings, andthat suffering and deathwould come to Him.

Another giver of giftsis part of many Christ-mas celebrations. St.Nicholas, a fourth cen-tury saint, is a belovedfigure across the globewho has a reputation forgiving gifts in secret andhelping the needy. Thefigure of Santa Clausis based on St. Nicho-las, and the blending ofthe two has evolved ashistory has mixed withfolklore and personaltraditions.

HanukkahHanukkah is an eight-day Jewish celebration thatcommemorates the rededication of the Temple inJerusalem. The word hanukkah actually meansdedication in Hebrew.

The Jews, including Judah Maccabee, helpeddrive the Syrians out of Jerusalem. In one of Juda-isms most central texts, Maccabee and others wit-nessed a miracle at the temple. Even though therewas only enough oil to keep a menorahs candlesburning for one day, the flames continued for eightnights.

Traditionally, gelt, or money, was given as a Ha-nukkah gift. Many Hanukkah gift givers aim to givegifts that are thoughtful and sweet. Money is notexchanged as much today, with other gifts takingits place.

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Kwanzaa is an American holiday that pays hom-age to traditions and cultural influences from Africa.The holiday was developed in 1966 by MaulanaNdabezitha Karenga. The focus of Kwanzaa is onfamily and the harvest as well as certain principles,such as unity and faith.

Gifts make up one of the seven symbols of Kwan-zaa celebrations. However, gift-sharing is not thecentral part of this special holiday. Gifts are sym-bolic of the labor and love of parents and the com-mitments made and kept by their children.

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As Christianity spread across Europe and even-tually other parts of the world, red and green werelinked to Jesus Christ. Green still represented life,but now this was the eternal life offered by Christ.Red was said to symbolize sacrifice, namely theblood of Jesus when he died on the cross. SomeChristians believe that Jesus wore a crown of holly

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Some theorize that the red of the holiday seasonrepresents the apples on the tree of paradise in theGarden of Eden. Around the 14th century, the faith-ful would put on Paradise Plays on December 24 toshare the story of creation with those who could notread. It is nearly impossible to find a fruit-bearingapple tree in the winter, so a pine tree adorned withred apples was used instead. Bishops also worered robes, further tying the color red to religiousmasses and celebrations.

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The holiday season is filled with many differentcolors that brighten up homes and businesses.Combined with the many twinkling lights used ondisplays, red and green decorations can add vital-ity to the dark days of December.

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Through the centuries, people have trekked toforests, Christmas tree farms and commercial lotsto pick the perfect trees for their holiday displays.The National Christmas Tree Association says morethan 33 million real trees are purchased each year,making the tree business a billion-dollar industry.While there are scores of evergreen varieties, cer-tain tree types are more popular than others andthus more available for purchase. The following aresome of the more popular trees come Christmas-time.

Eastern Redcedar: Branches of the tree are

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Leyland Cypress: This cypress is one of themore popular Christmas trees in the southeasternUnited States. The tree will be very dark green to al-most gray in color. It has little aroma. Some peoplechoose the Leyland because it does not producesap, which is great for those with sap allergies.

Colorado Blue Spruce: An attractive blue-greenfoliage and a good symmetrical form is what at-tracts many people to the blue spruce. The Colo-rado Blue Spruce has an excellent natural shapeand requires little pruning to look like the perfect

Christmas tree. Its not very fragrant,but the tree needles may give off anunpleasant odor when crushed.

Scotch Pine: A classic conicalshape and very good needle retentionhelp make the Scotch pine a popu-lar tree to cut for the holidays. Scotchpines also are quite prevalent thanks tothe trees adaptability to a wide rangeof climates.

Eastern White Pine: A delicategreen color and long needles are foundon this tree. Another popular pine, therich fragrance of the white pine may

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Fraser Fir: Another popular fir for Christmas isthe Fraser fir. The needles are bicolored, with darkgreen on top and silver on the bottom. More fra-grant than its cousin, the Douglas, the Fraser alsoboasts a slender profile, which makes it suitable forsmaller rooms.

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Use homemade decorations. You also cansave energy and money by recycling materials intoholiday dcor. Trim branches from trees and usethem in vases for an instant wintry look. Prune anevergreen on your property and make your ownwreath with some wire and twine. Shop yard salesfor gently used decorations that still have years ofutility left. Sew ornaments from scraps of fabric orclothing that no longer fits. Each of these ideas re-duces reliance on manufactured decorations that

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Rely on extension cords. You can extend thelength of displays without using more lights byspacing out light strands with extension cords.Intersperse spotlights to add attention to key ele-ments of your display as well.

Turn off interior lights. If a Christmas tree is il-luminating a front window, turn off the lights in yourhome, as the tree may provide enough light tomake a living room or den extra cozy.

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Before the modern evolution of Santa Claus liveda very real and generous individual named Nich-olas. In the third century, Nicholas served as theBishop of Myrna in present-day Turkey. He had areputation for secret gift-giving, believing that giv-ing should be done secretly and sacrificially in Je-sus Christs name rather than ones own.

Stories tell of Nicholas paying the dowry for poordaughters to enable them to get married. He re-portedly put coins in the shoes of those who leftthem out for him. It is believed Nicholas helped torestore the hope of hundreds of people in his com-munity, making him a beloved and revered Bishop.

Throughout his ministry, Nicholas fervently sharedhis life and fortune with others.

Nicholas continued to be revered and commem-orated by many Christians even after his death. Hischarity and unselfish works helped inspire genera-tions of the faithful, and he eventually was namedthe patron saint of everyone from merchants to sail-ors to pawnbrokers.

No one really knows what St. Nicholas lookedlike. But in 2005, a forensic laboratory in Englandreviewed historical data and photographs of the re-mains taken from St. Nicholas grave in the 1950s.

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This image certainly does not fit with the robustframe and other imagery awarded St. Nicholas inmore modern years. St. Nicholas is believed to bethe inspiration for Santa Claus, which was a nametaken from the Dutch Sinterklaas, a contracted formof Sint Nicolass, or St. Nicholas.

Tales of the real St. Nicholas giving spirit wereblended with a fictional personification by New

York-based newspaper writers who blended theSt. Nicholas name with the appearance of a Dutchtown citizen. The goal was to reach out to the pri-marily Dutch immigrants living in New York at thetime. This jolly elf image was given a boost by thepublication of A Visit From St. Nicholas, whichwas published around the same time.

Eventually, the merry Santa Claus portrayal beganto outshine the more accurate St. Nicholas versionas a religious man, fostered by political drawingsand caricatures that depicted Santa as a chubbysort in a red suit. That image prevails to this day.

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At a time when you want to be at your best, stresscan affect your physical well-being. The AmericanPsychological Association says the hustle and bus-tle of the holidays has psychological consequencesfor some people. More people are inclined to feelthat their stress increases, rather than decreases,around the holidays. The National Institute of Men-tal Health says chronic stress can lower immunityand cause excretory, digestive and reproductivesystems to stop working properly. Stress also maycause you to eat unhealthy snacks to cope, which

can lead to unwanted weight gain.Stress is not the only potential health hazard thatcan arise around the holidays. A greater number ofparties expose you to an abundance of foods anddrinks you may not consume on a regular basis,and can lead to a lot of mindless eating. Weightgained during this time of year can be difficult toshed come January, when colder temperatureschallenge many peoples motivation to exercise.

Also, social settings put you in close contact witha greater number of people, potentially increasing

your exposure to germs.You can still feel your best during the holidays.

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Get the flu vaccine. The flu vaccine can protect

you against various strains of the flu. Get a flu shotbefore the holidays so you are ready for cold andflu season.

Carry disinfecting wipes. Germs can linger onsurfaces long after an infected person has comeand gone. Studies from researchers at the Univer-sity of Arizona in Tucson have found the flu virus and even the antibiotic-resistant bacteria MRSA on airline tray tables. Buses, trains and doors allmay be harboring germs. Wipe down surfaces withdisinfecting wipes and allow them to air-dry before

touching them. This can help you avoid cominginto contact with germs.

Balance your activities. It can be tempting tooverbook your schedule with a ton of activities,but this may ultimately prove stressful. Leave daysopen to relax and do things you want to do, suchas viewing Christmas light displays or even just un-winding at home with a good book. Try delegatingsome tasks to others in the household so you donttake on too much responsibility.

Keep up an exercise routine. Dont stray toofar from your exercise schedule. You may have tomove workout times to free up other time later inthe day for shopping or parties. Early morning is agood time to exercise because it gets you movingfirst thing in the morning and might even encourageyou to hit the sack a little earlier each night, ensur-ing you get all the sleep you need. Exercise also

can improve energy levels and relieve stress. Dont focus on food. Focus more on enjoyableactivities that keep you moving rather than alwaysbeing seated around the table for a big meal. Saveindulgences for one or two treats on the holidaysand eat sensibly otherwise.

Talk to someone. If the holidays have you feel-ing blue, talk to a friend or family member. If youneed more professional support, find a social work-er or psychologist that can help you work throughstress and other feelings.

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But travelers whose patience is annually tried byairport security checkpoints and holiday traffic jamscan employ several strategies to make holiday trav-el more palatable.

Let apps do your legwork. Technology hasmade life easier in many ways, and smartphoneapps can even help travelers make holiday travelless stressful. A free app such as FlightView pro-vides smartphone and tablet users with real-timeflight information and even provides travelers withflight status alerts. Travelers or men and womentrusted with picking up family and friends at the

airport can check gate assignments, delays andcancellations and even follow the flights progresswhile its in the air.

And its not just air travelers who can put theirapps to work for them. Drivers who are on a budgetcan download the free GasBuddy app, which findsthe cheapest gas in a given city or postal code.Traveling apps are quite popular, and many arefree, saving travelers money while making holidaytravel that much easier.

Bring along your own sustenance. Hungerpangs are sure to arise during your holiday trav-els. Airports and roadside truck stops are not ex-actly known for their healthy fare, so pack your ownnourishing foods that can help you maintain yourenergy and stay healthy. Packing your own meals

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Ship gifts. Shipping holiday gifts isanother way to simplify holiday traveland save money. The lighter air trav-elers can pack, the more quickly theycan make it through the airport. Ship-ping gifts saves you from paying ex-cessive bag fees, and it also savesyou the trouble of checking bags andwaiting in baggage claim. Drivers alsomay benefit from shipping gifts, whichcan give everyone in the car more roomto relax and also save the driver somemoney on gas.

Switch up your travel schedule. Ifpossible, take an extra day or two offduring the holidays so you arent forcedto travel on the busiest travel days,

which tend to be the days that immedi-ately precede and follow the major holi-days. If you must travel on busy holi-days, hit the road or the friendly skiesas early as possible. Book an earlymorning flight so you beat the crowdsat security checkpoints or begin yourdrive an hour or so before sunrise whenmany of your fellow travelers are stillasleep.

Travel is a holiday tradition for manypeople. While airports and highwaysare especially congested during theholiday season, there are many waysfor travelers to make their trips lesshectic this year.

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