A New York Times article said Americans are more involved in civic and religious activities. They also spend more time cooking.They don't need a credit card to have a good time.I am riding the cooking wave but for different reasons. I learned how to cook last year in order to eat healthier. I switched to a mostly organic, mostly low crab, diet and lost 40 pounds.

There are many surveys and predictions about the 2009 holiday shopping season and Black Friday 2009 in particular. One new survey that was

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