Holiday

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Martin Luther King Day is a federally recognized holiday, with many businesses or institutions remaining closed. While federal business usually close, restaurants and stores are typically open with sales for the holiday. Smaller businesses may ... more

Much like Christmas, the Post Office is likely to modify its hours and services offered for the New Year this week. Areas impacted are your local Post Office's hours and services, the blue collection boxes ... more

With Christmas Day and New Year's Day so close together, banks tend to have a lot of strange hours in that time period. It's important to know these hours if you have any business you ... more

The U.S. has added federal holidays to their list over the years. Most recently, Juneteenth was added as a federal holiday on June 19th. This means banks will be closed along with other federal agencies ... more

Omicron is spreading quickly, similarly to what happened with the Delta variant. This is happening right before Christmas and New Year's Day. Experts have differing opinions, but many feel it's important that family see each ... more

Businesses are picking up business as the holiday approaches, marking on of the busiest times of the year for shoppers. People need food, decorations, and gifts. They'll be shopping for these items up until Christmas ... more

Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, the United States Postal Service is expecting over 12 billion pieces of mail and packages to be sent out. Workers sort these packages early in the morning so tractor ... more

Many people feel disadvantaged having to work on a holiday, but sometimes it really does pay to work those days. Sometimes companies will require you to be paid more, and other times companies will give ... more

Target has made the decision to adjust their store hours for Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend, even as people struggle to make last minute purchases for their dinners. Target will remain closed on Thanksgiving Day ... more

Many businesses, including banks, close for federal holidays like Thanksgiving, but what about Black Friday the next day? Black Friday and Thanksgiving go hand in hand at this point and works almost as the bridge ... more

Best Buy has already started many of its sales leading up to the biggest shopping day of the year. Best Buy focuses on electronics, and has also started a Deal of the Day as part ... more

Many people had gotten used to shopping for Black Friday on Thanksgiving Day before the pandemic. This year, some of the biggest stores are giving their workers the holiday off. On Monday, the chief executive ... more

People rely heavily on the newspaper delivery to keep up with the news, but does everyone take a break on Thanksgiving Day? It really depends on the publisher. Some journalists want to spend the holiday ... more

Cooking the turkey for Thanksgiving may arguably be the hardest part for some people. There are many steps that go into making in the perfect dinner for your family. By following a few laid out ... more

Americans are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, but do they need to purchase their alcohol for celebrating ahead of time? Grocery stores are normally open at some point during the holiday, but whether you can ... more

On federal holidays like Thanksgiving, all federal offices remain closed, including the post office. This Thanksgiving is the first one in two years for many families where everyone comes together since the pandemic started. With ... more

Some people will notice that they'll receive their payments on different days than normal next week. This is because payments aren't typically done on federal holidays. Thanksgiving always falls on the fourth Thursday of Nov., ... more

Today, Thursday, Nov. 18, Starbucks is giving anyone who orders a holiday or fall beverage a free reusable holiday cup. The cup is a limited edition and being given away with the purchase at participating ... more