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The holidays are an exciting time, and for Meredith College students this season also provides an opportunity to show off their design and artistic talents on North Hills’ first-ever Santa House. Starting Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 2:30 p.m. in the space next to the new Sleep to Live store and Mura restaurant at North Hills, these student designers and their instructor at Meredith College will put the final design, construction and painting touches on the gingerbread cottage that is a key element of North Hills’ old-time Christmas celebrations. (more…)

The slumping economy hasn’t made it easy for holiday shopping.  Everyone wants to save money.  Its espcially hard for college students to give their friends nice holiday gifts since they tend to have the least amount of money, or so it seems.   Suite101.com has provided a list of unique gift ideas for college students and adults in their 20’s.

 With 19 billion cards, letters and packages expected to be delivered this holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service has some tips to help get gifts to their destination swiftly and safely.

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Want to pick out your own tree and cut it down like the Griswalds?  Well North Carolina has several places for people to choose and cut down their very own Christmas tree. 
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NEW YORK, N.Y. –  Metro Networks, a division of Westwood One and the nation’s largest traffic reporting service, has announced its list of the worst traffic tie-ups in America for 2008. The list is compiled by the team of leading traffic experts at Metro Networks, which provides year-round traffic reports and information to more than 120 million Americans a day via 2,500+ local radio, TV and Internet affiliates.

“Thanksgiving is the most dangerous holiday for drivers, so it’s even more important to avoid traffic congestion when traveling,” says John Frawley, EVP of Broadcast Operations at Metro Networks. “The increase of drivers on the roads magnifies the demand for accurate, real-time traffic information while drivers are actually on the roads. Metro Networks meets that demand with state-of-the-art technology that tracks actual road speeds in real-time, points out unforeseen delays and suggests less congested alternative routes.”

To help drives navigate through the holidays safely, Metro Networks has compiled a list of the Top Ten Worst Holiday Traffic Tie-Ups in America and encourages drivers to tune into live local traffic reports around the country to minimize traffic woes.

THE TOP TEN WORST HOLIDAY TRAFFIC TIE-UPS IN AMERICA

1. New York-Philadelphia- Washington, DC - Avoid it if you can, Interstate 95 is easily the slowest 225 miles of highway during the holidays. The section from the Delaware Memorial Bridge to the George Washington Bridge is the worst. (more…)