Christmas is the biggest shopping season of the year and not getting even a small campaign up means you are facing a huge opportunity cost.
Talking to a couple of experienced affiliates, I got the sense that even they were somewhat jaded after years of doing Christmas and holiday promos.

If you’ve visited the online retailer Amazon (they’ve gone way beyond books and CDs and DVDs for quite some time), you’d notice their foray into a new area with their “Askville” site.

Askville is a site where users can ask questions and get answers.
It’s a little different from similar sites out there with a “ranking” (level?) [...]