Christmas lunch, the Queen's speech and trawling for online bargains as shoppers log on for Christmas Day shopping

Downturn hits Best Buy Christmas sales (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

US electrical retail giant Best Buy reported a 6.5% drop in like-for-like sales for the month to January 3 after the Christmas shopping season failed to tempt cautious Americans back into its stores.

Tesco and DSG eyed as two-tier Christmas unfolds (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

A raft of Christmas sales updates from retailers next week is likely to underscore the trends seen so far, with food and discount chains coping in the economic downturn, but sellers of discretionary items suffering.

Mulchfest this weekend allows Staten Islanders to chip Christmas trees (Staten Island Advance)

Staten Islanders can bring their Christmas trees to a number of borough parks this weekend where they will be converted to wood chips. For the 13th time, Parks is hosting MulchFest at 89 parks throughout the five boroughs Saturday and...

PRESS NOW: Suspicious fire in Oostburg Christmas tree recycling program (Sheboygan Press)

Jan. 9. A suspicious fire at the Oostburg Business Park and the citys Christmas tree recycling program top the headlines for todays Press Now: News at Noon. Produced by Janet Ortegon, Nhia Yang and Eric LaRose