holidays

Gift wrapping for a good cause

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WFXB) – If you don’t have time to wrap all of those holiday gifts, volunteers from a local animal center are coming to the rescue. The staff and volunteers from the Saint Frances Animal Center in Georgetown are offering their gift-wrapping services all week leading up Christmas at Orvis in the Market Common. Orvis is providing all of the…

The season’s hottest toys are selling out fast

(CNN) – Shoppers lined up at Toys-R-Us stores across the nation this weekend for two of the hottest and hardest to get items of the holiday season. Participating Toys-R-Us stores announced the sale of the Nintendo NES Classic and the breakout toy “Hatchimals.” Some stores only had about 30 of each toy for sale. Crowds of people started lining up…

What is #GivingTuesday?

There’s a day for giving thanks, three days for cashing in on deals — and now there’s a day to give back. Black Friday and Cyber Monday can step aside, because today is Giving Tuesday, a day observed internationally to promote philanthropy and generosity. If you’re feeling generous, you can open up your wallet and give to the charity of…

Hiring for the holidays

Macy's, Gap top list of of retailers hiring the most this season

(CNN) – The holiday season is upon us and retailers are in the spirit of hiring! Nearly 740,000 seasonal workers are expected to be hired for the holidays, according to a survey by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. So who is hiring the most? Here are are the top 5: Macy’s, JC Penney, Office Depot/Office Max, Gap and Kohl’s. Job…