Toronto Stock Exchange Christmas opening hours

Just in case you were wondering (and I was), here's the rundown of when the TSX is open over Christmas 2010.

2010 Stock Market Holidays - Stock Markets Closed

• Christmas Day - December 27, 2010 (in lieu of December 25)
• Boxing Day - December 28, 2010 (in lieu of December 26)

** Please note that the TSX and the TSX Venture Markets will close at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 24, 2010. The Extended Hours will begin at 1:10 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. on this date.
** On December 31, 2010 regular trading hours will be observed.

Pretty bizarre all told. They open tomorrow Friday 24th for 3 1/2 hours while the US is closed, then shut up shop until Wednesday 29th.

Feliz Navidad from IKN and Trend&Value

A thousand thankyous to Trend&Value for introducing me to this beautiful, wonderful, sublime and deeply moving Christmas song/video by Robert Earl Keene. I hope you enjoy it, too.

Merry Christmas to you all. Especially Lucas.

Merry Christmas

This is what I'd really like for Christmas this year, but I'll settle for a pair of socks.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas if that's what they call it where you live. Have yourself an equally happy holiday if it goes under a different name. Whatever and however, have a good one.

Click here for the IncaKolaNews super-duper corporate greetings card from here to you.

Ho ho ho

Do what you must do, developed world citizen.

There was this "gifts for him under $25" link on the front page of Yahoo this morning, so I clicked on it to see what you guys will be getting up there. One that caught my eye was a company called "The Art of Shaving" that offers a pre-shave balm at $19.95.

Believe me, as long as brand names such as "The Art of Shaving" exist the USA has no idea about poverty and hasn't experienced what 'recession' means, either. So when you're out shopping between now and the 25th and you walk past that Salvation Army bucket, drop a dollar in, yeah? Don't pat yourself on the back for doing it and don't do it out of shame or pity, either. Just do it. No big deal.