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Bob Evans Family vacation to Orlando Sweepstakes.

Marie Claire is having a Nexxus Access Style Sweepstakes.

Quik Stop Entertainment has a Mary Poppins Giveaway.

Kids’ Turn Central has a Oliver & Company Giveaway.

DIY’s has the Great Garage Giveaway.

Get Away Today has a $10,000 Play & Win Trivia Sweepstakes.

Madberries.Com has a Nikon Coolpix Sweepstakes.

Walt Disney Studios has the The 3D Concert Experience World Premiere Ultimate Fan Sweepstakes.

PCH.Com has the Scratch Cards Sweepstakes.

Nick.Com has the Travel Like Mrs.Butterworth’s-Again Sweepstakes.

MovieNewsletters.Net/Marcus has an Orlando Trip Sweepstakes.

Komen.Org has the I Am The Cure Sweepstakes.

Bayer.Com/Citracal has the Calcium Quest cash Sweepstakes.

FrugalMommy.Com has the Photo Book Creator Giveaway.

FrugalMommy.Com also has a a Digital Foci Giveaway.

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I’ve gotten this same email about five times now, so I wanted to give everyone a heads up that if you tend to give gift cards around the holidays, you need to be careful that the cards will be honored after the holidays. Stores that are planning to close after Christmas are still selling the cards through the holidays even though the cards will be worthless January 1. There is no law preventing them from doing this. Below is a partial list of stores that you need to be cautious about:

Circuit City (filed Chapter 11)
Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide closing
Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine’s to close 150 stores nationwide
Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January
Cache will close all stores
Talbots closing down specialty stores
J. Jill closing all stores (owned by Talbots)
Pacific Sunwear (also owne d by Talbots)
GAP closing 85 stores
Footlocker closing 140 stores mo re to close after January
Wickes Furniture closing down
Levitz closing down remaining stores
Bombay closing remaining stores
Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January
Whitehall closing all stores
Piercing Pagoda closing all stores
Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.
Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ ( New Brunswick )
Macys to close 9 stores after January
Linens and Things closing all stores
Movie Galley Closing all stores
Pep Boys Closing 33 stores
Sprint/Nextel closing 133 stores
JC Penney closing a number of stores after January
Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.
Wilson Leather closing down all stores
Sharper Image closing down all stor~s
K B Toys closing 356 stores
Loews to close down some stores
Dillard’s to close some stores

(If any of these stores are wrong, let me know so I can correct it.  Snopes has confirmed some of these)

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