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Expert tips: Shopping post-holiday sales

Originally published: December 21, 2012 12:20 PM
Updated: December 24, 2012 9:29 AM
By SYLVIA E. KING-COHEN  sylvia.king-cohen@newsday.com

Photo credit: Johnny Milano | Wooden nutcracker figurines are for sale at Martin Viette, a nursery in East Norwich, that has great after-Christmas sales. (Dec. 15, 2012)

Dinner has been served and devoured, the gifts unwrapped and the yule log is down to embers. What to do?

Get ready to shop, of course. Savvy Long Islanders know this is the perfect time to get a jump on next year's holidays and shop for decorations, ornaments, cards to create fantastic yard displays and fireplaces that look like something on a Christmas card. Their secret? They don't pay full...