Sentence examples for finished holiday from inspiring English sources

What? Haven't finished holiday shopping yet?

Because the Thanksgiving holiday fell earlier than usual, Mr. O'Sullivan said, some consumers may have started and finished holiday shopping sooner, resulting in soft sales last month.

Those who haven't finished holiday shopping may want to make the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge a shopping destination as hundreds of ceramic creations, handcrafted by area artists and students, are featured in an annual holiday ceramic sale.

A job opening at the Dalkey Archive Press, specifying that qualified applicants will "not have any other commitments (personal or professional) that will interfere with their work at the Press (family obligations, writing, involvement with other organizations, degrees to be finished, holidays to be taken, weddings to attend in Rio, etc)." Mira Ptacin visits E. B. White's farmhouse in Maine.

With a high temperature of 51 degrees, Sunday is probably the last best day to finish holiday shopping before weather conditions begin to deteriorate over night.

About 25percentt of American consumers had already finished some holiday shopping before Halloween, according to a report from eMarketer, the research firm.

Unlike its struggling rival Borders, Barnes & Noble, the nation's largest book chain, said on Thursday that it finished the holiday season with stronger sales than expected, reporting its highest comparable store sales increase since 1997.

So here's an idea: if you havent finished your holiday shopping, if you cant bear to wade into the crowds, stay home and make a 3-D diorama.

Haven't finished your holiday shopping?

The Nasdaq finished a holiday-shortened week at 1,961.43, up 241.07 points, or 14percentt.

But the escalation of fighting in Iraq seemed to cast a pall over the market and the three main gauges finished the holiday-shortened week slightly lower.