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Believe it or not, two weeks from today will be Christmas Day.

I’m a bit ahead of the game this year but one year I was down to Christmas Eve and had forgotten to get anything at all for the Christmas stocking. A stocking can look pretty forlorn just hanging there by itself!

Drugstore.com has some great products for stockings – and over 55,000 products to choose from:

Here’s a special offer for customers new to Drugstore.com:

New Customers: Receive $5 off $30 or $10 off $50 on your first non-prescription order! Offer ends 12.31.2011

Spend $50 minimum to get 20% off – good through December 18, 2011

And a free, quick, and easy crab appetizer recipe!

Crab Meltaways Appetizer Recipe: Courtesy of The Crab Place

1 pound fresh crab meat
½ pound butter, softened
1 jar Old English sharp cheese spread
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing
½ teaspoon garlic salt
½ teaspoon seasoned salt
English muffins

Mix together the butter and the cheese until blended. Add the salts and mayonnaise. Stir in the crab meat.

Cut each English muffin half into quarters.

Put a teaspoon of the crab mixture on each quarter.

Put the quarters under the broiler until light brown.

Buy your Fresh Crab Meat online.

Visit The Crab Place for all your crab meat needs…

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I’m ready to do some Christmas shopping for my “best friend.” He has his own Christmas stocking and he expects there will be some special treats waiting for him Christmas morning!

Here are some savings for my pet and yours!

Take 15% Off Your Entire Order at PetSmart.com!
Offer valid 12/8 through 12/11/2011…

Save 40% on all PetHoliday by Top Paw clothes & collars at PetSmart.com! Offer Valid 12.8 – 12.11.

Save 50% on Grreat Choice faux suede/fleece dog bed at PetSmart.com! Offer Valid 12.8 – 12.11.

I found this little one online last year and she (I’m guessing) is so cute, I decided to bring her, and her Santa cap, back for a little mid-week and pre-holiday treat.

There is a lot of talk in the media trying make a controversy over Christmas, what it’s called, and who is “allowed” to celebrate it as they wish.

Let’s not forget the really important focus…whatever that means to you…

If you think the holiday is too commercial then don’t shop. If you don’t like my saying “Merry Christmas” then just don’t respond. If you think a Poinsettia is more than just a plant – available around the holidays – then don’t buy one.

Live and let live – life is too short to do anything else.

Here’s the scoop!

This year’s Free Shipping Day will be on Friday, December 16, 2011.

This day, sponsored by nearly 1,500 merchants so far, will offer free shipping for ALL merchandise – with delivery guaranteed by Christmas Eve. Over 2,000 merchants are expected to take part and all will be revealed at the stroke of midnight on December 15, 2011.

I’ve already spotted a few online merchants I know and trust who are participating so will be fine-tuning my Christmas list for the next 12 days!