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Happy holidays and happy giveaways on The Sunday Scoop

This week’s giveaway page goes on and on. I promise you’ll find a lot of giveaways that you’ll want to enter and even more want to win. I hope it’s been a good week for you personally in spite of the horrors of the last week. We all need to …

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How to Celebrate the Spring Holidays Safely With Your Family

Easter, Passover and Ramadan will be a little less lonely this year as more people get vaccinated. But experts say we can’t let down our guard just yet. The weather is warming, the days are looking brighter and the number of people getting vaccinated is on the rise. So can …

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4 Ways to Feel Less Lonely Over the Holidays

4 Ways to Feel Less Lonely Over the Holidays Anna GoldfarbAt home in Philadelphia �� iStock As the weather turns colder and states implement new lockdown restrictions, you might be missing your friends, family and coworkers. But you can use one of these creative ideas to connect with others → …

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11 Gifts Under $25 to Make the Holidays More Affordable

Yuganov Konstantin / Shutterstock.com Who doesn’t want to save on holiday gifts? It’s hard to shell out hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars in a single month. And it’s not just the gifts. Consider what you spend on decorations, travel expenses, food, drinks and maybe even a new Christmas outfit. …

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Setting Healthy Boundaries around the Holidays

When you were a kid, adults probably drilled into you that you should “be nice,” share your toys, and put yourself in other people’s shoes. Those are necessary lessons, of course. Humans are prosocial creatures. Our ancestors needed the protection of the clan, so they had to get along and …

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Americans Still Feel Pressured to Spend More on the Holidays

Key findings Though most Americans plan to spend less or the same this Holiday, some are still feeling financial pressure.  22.5% of Americans say they feel pressured to spend more on gifts than they’re comfortable with, according to our latest survey (Nov 22, 2020) A previous survey from 2018 found …

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How Much Americans Spend on the 10 Biggest Holidays

Yulia Grigoryeva / Shutterstock.com Americans have plenty of reasons to celebrate. Whether watching the biggest football game of the year with friends, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or hunkering down with our nearest and dearest family members for a cozy winter celebration of Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah or Diwali, we have holidays …

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