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Coupon for $10 off Purchases at JCPenney

JCPenney is offering a $10 discount on purchases of $10 or more through December 24th, the discount is valid when you shop the store at NYC’s Herald Square or on-line, with a coupon.  If you did not receive the $10 coupon in the mail — as I did — you can print one out on the [...]

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Three Days of Skiing for Price of One

Mountain Creek is in the Pocono Mountains, just one hour from Times Square, and offers some interesting skiing and snowboarding runs and a great terrain park for practicing or perfecting your 720s (for those of you who don’t know, that’s a double turn in mid-air).  Through December 24th, you can buy the Triple Play [...]

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Mini Manhattan at the Skyscraper Museum

Mini Manhattan by model maker Michael Chesko

How long do you think it would take to make a wooden carving of Manhattan, in miniature?   Ask Michael Chesko, a model maker who lives in Arizona, who has donated two remarkable wood models of lower Manhattan and midtown to  The Skyscraper Museum, where they are on permanent exhibition.   [...]

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Family-Friendly Hanukkah Celebrations

There are two family-friendly Hannukah celebrations on Sunday, December 13th –

Latkes and Applesauce is the name of the annual  performance by the Poppy Seed Players, this year featuring a Hanukkah version of A Christmas Carol and the story of “Thomas the Shamus”.  It’s all great fun, at the Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St., near [...]

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Donate Your Gently Used Coats and Jackets

SnowmanYou have been taking advantage of the holiday sales and bought yourself or a family member a new winter coat.  So give the old one away to the needy.  The annual New York Cares coat drive runs the entire month of December, from December one to December 31, and there are hundreds of places around The Big Apple where you can donate:

Also, during morning commuter hours, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., you can bring donations here:

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Free Holiday eCards of Famous Art from the Smithsonian Institution

Holiday eCard version of Van Gogh's Room at Arles

The Smithsonian Institution is offering free, hand-made holiday cards from the collections of the Archives of American Art, include images by Vincent Van Gogh and Alexander Calder.  The free holiday eCard offer celebrates the exibit of portriature on view through January. 10, 2010 at the Reynolds Center for American Art and [...]

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Hanukkah Programs for Children in Manhattan

Whether you spell it Hanukkah or Chanukah, the week-long Festival of Lights still begins at sundown on Friday, December 11th.  Take the kids to one of these family-oriented festivities on Saturday, December 12th:

The 14th Street Y has a free storytelling afternoon of Hanukkah stories that they are calling “Storatelling”.  The event is 2 p.m. to [...]

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Get Free Shipping for On-Line Purchases on Dec. 17

More than 450 top merchants are offering free shipping one-day only, on December 17th, and they guarantee delivery by Xmas Eve, December 24th.  The Free Shipping Day website has icons and links of all 450+ merchants, which include ProFlowers, PetSmart, Shoes.com, Zappos, Disney Store, J C Penney, OfficeMax, The Apple Store, KMart and Toys R [...]

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Free Bus Travel from Megabus, Other Seats from $1.00

Megabus is giving away 100,000 free bus seats for travel between January 6 and March 20, 2010.  Hurry up and book your seats on the Megabus website, because at that price — FREE — they won’t last long.  You’ll need use the promo code GETAWAY to book the free seats. The holiday promotion also includes [...]

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Bloomingdale’s Nifty Fifty Gift Ideas Under $50

Shop Bloomingdale’s either in person or on-line for 50 nifty gift ideas under $50. 

There’s free shipping for purchases over $150 if you use a Bloomingdale’s credit card, $300 if not.  And a bonus 20%  to 40% off on select merchandise, too

And be sure to register for the chance to win a $2,000 [...]

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Lecture About New York City is a Green, Eco-Friendly City

New Yorker writer David Owen calls The Big Apple the greenest place in the United States. New York City residents use less electricity and generate greenhouse gases at a level far below the national average.  Thanks to our subway and bus system, New York City also ranks last among major cities in gasoline consumption, and we are [...]

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Meet the Radio City Rockettes

Meet the world-famous Radio CityRockettes and get their autographs at Lord & Taylor stores.   Members of the famous precision dance team will be making appearances at three stores on Wednesday, December 9th at 7 p.m.  — at the main Lord & Taylor store on Fifth Avenue, and also at Manhasset, Long Island, and Garden State Plaza [...]

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