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Best refrigerator deals in February 2024: Save on Samsung, LG, Frigidare, more
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If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your kitchen refrigerator, now is the time to do it. Just about all of the top appliance brands and retailers are offering really great appliance deals in February than save you thousands of dollars.
We’re seeing fantastic deals direct from Samsung and LG, plus deep discounts at popular retailers such as Best Buy and Home Depot. With savings this good, and with many retailers offering buy-more-save-more appliance bundle deals, you might want to upgrade your entire kitchen with matching appliances this February, including your range and your dishwasher.
To help you shop for a new refrigerator, we’ve rounded up all the top kitchen appliance sales happening now, including a handful of Presidents Day sales that last until the end of the month. Tap the links below to see all the best refrigerators and other kitchen appliances that are on sale this weekend, or read on for our top refrigerator sale picks.
Save up to $1,700 on refrigerators from Samsung
Samsung
One of the best refrigerator deals around right now is on this four-door French door refrigerator by Samsung that offers a total of 28 cu. ft. of space for your groceries. Regularly $3,199, it’s on sale for $1,499 (53% off). You can add on a two-year Samsung Care+ plan for a dollar more.
This Samsung fridge features FlexZone drawer cooling with four temperature settings, a smart divider and humidity controls that prevent frost and freezer burn. You can remotely monitor and control the smart refrigerator’s temperature via the Samsung SmartThings app.
This stainless steel refrigerator will add a modern look to your kitchen. And thanks to its fingerprint resistant finish, it’s easy to keep the outside of the refrigerator looking clean.
Installation is available for $10, old appliance haul away is available for $15.
To discover even more great deals on major appliances available right now from Samsung, check out our expanded coverage of the Samsung appliance sale happening now.
LG is offering up to $1,500 off on select refrigerators
LG
One of LG’s bestsellers, the 26 cu. ft. smart counter-depth max French door refrigerator, offers 8.6 cu. ft. of freezer space. It features dual ice makers (in door and in freezer) plus a windowed door that allows you to see what’s inside the fridge without letting the cold air out. It can be controlled and monitored using LG’s ThinQ smartphone app.
LG has slashed the price of this popular Smart InstaView refrigerator for Presidents Day, so for a limited time, you can add it to your kitchen for just $1,999. That’s $1,500 off its regular price.
Plus, if you bundle this refrigerator with at least one other at the time of purchase, you can save up to an additional $500, bringing this fridge down to less than half its original price. Free home delivery is included, and a two-year LG Premium Care protection plan can be added for just $0.99 more.
Save up to $1,000 on select refrigerators at Best Buy
Best Buy
Best Buy has all sorts of major appliances on sale right now for Presidents Day, including this popular KitchenAir 27 cu. ft. French door, stainless steel refrigerator with an external water and ice dispenser. It comes in your choice of silver or black.
Right now, it’s priced at $2,700 — which is $1,000 off its regular price. Features include a platinum colored interior with metallic accents, the company’s ExtendFresh temperature management system, a pull out tray, a slide away tray, plus a separate crisper and pantry drawer.
To discover even more great deals on consumer electronics available right now at the retailer, check out our expanded coverage of the Best Buy Presidents Day sale, on now through Feb. 28, 2024.
Save hundreds on a refrigerator from Wayfair
Wayfair
Not to be outdone by its competition, Wayfair is offering discounts on many of it’s most popular refrigerators, including this 26.7 cu. ft. Samsung side-by-side door refrigerator that features Samsung’s proprietary touch screen with Family Hub. The refrigerator is also part of Samsung’s SmartThings ecosystem, so you can monitor and control it using a smartphone app.
The Family Hub feature offers a ton of functions, from displaying family calendars to creating digital shopping lists. It’s also possible to stream video content directly from the internet to be displayed on the touchscreen, so you can enjoy your favorite shows while you make dinner.
This stainless steel refrigerator is available in a silver or black finish. While supplies last, the silver version of this refrigerator is priced at $1,888 — that’s 19% off (a savings of $444). Keep in mind, Wayfair will allow you to finance this appliance over 18 months for $105 per month when you use the Wayfair credit card.
Save up to $1,000 on select refrigerators at Home Depot
Home Depot
Now through Feb. 28, Home Depot has a deal where you can save more if you bundle multiple appliances at the time of purchase. If you buy two appliances, you get an extra $100 off. When you buy three appliances, you get $300 off and with the purchase of four appliances, you get $500 off.
That’s on top of the savings you’ll get when purchasing individual appliances, like this 28 cu ft. refrigerator by LG that’s on sale.
This refrigerator creates craft ice balls which melt more slowly than traditional ice cubes. On the left door, you get a tall ice and water dispenser. Inside the refrigerator you’ll find four flexible shelves, as well as an easy glide lower pantry drawer. And this refrigerator supports LG’s ThinQ mobile app for remote monitoring.
For a limited time, this $2,889 refrigerator can be yours for just $1,798 — a savings of more than $1,100 (or 38% off). This particular LG model is only available from Home Depot.
Home Depot’s Presidents Day appliance sale continues now through Feb. 28, 2024. Tap the button below to shop all of the on-sale refrigerators at the big box retailer.
Get a Frigidaire refrigerator for $198 at Walmart
Walmart
If you’re looking for a small, budget fridge for the dorm, office or garage, we’ve found a refrigerator deal at Walmart that’s not to be missed. Right now you can get a 7.5 cu. ft. Frigidaire refrigerator for just $198. Though Walmart isn’t listing this as an “on sale” price, you should know that this fridge is roughly half the price of other options in this size. (We found similarly-sized Frigidaire refrigerator at Amazon for $350.)
At this price, you’re not getting any fancy features — it’s not Wi-Fi enabled, it doesn’t have a tablet or window built into the door and there’s no ice maker. It will, however, keep your food cold and your frozen food frozen. While it is on the small size, it’s larger and roomier than the typical mini-fridge. It’s a good refrigerator for accommodating one to two people. (If you have a larger family, you’ll definitely want a larger refrigerator.)
CBS Essentials senior managing editor Fox Van Allen just bought this refrigerator for his home. “It’s not the most high-tech fridge I’ve ever owned, but it looks nice and does exactly what I need it to do: keep my groceries cold.
“It really is surprising how much space you get inside for a $200 refrigerator,” he adds.
Get this 4.2-star-rated fridge at Walmart for $198.
Tap the button below to shop all the refrigerator deals at Walmart right now.
Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans passed the U.S. Senate early Saturday and is now headed to the desk of President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign the measure into law.
Senators voted 76-20 for the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate two federal policies that prevent nearly 3 million people, including police officers, firefighters, postal workers, teachers and others with a public pension, from collecting their full Social Security benefits. The legislation has been decades in the making, as the Senate held its first hearings into the policies in 2003.
“The Senate finally corrects a 50-year mistake,” proclaimed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, after senators approved the legislation at 12:15 a.m. Saturday.
The bill’s passage is “a monumental victory for millions of public service workers who have been denied the full benefits they’ve rightfully earned,” said Shannon Benton, executive director for the Senior Citizens League, which advocates for retirees and which has long pushed for the expansion of Social Security benefits. “This legislation finally restores fairness to the system and ensures the hard work of teachers, first responders and countless public employees is truly recognized.”
The vote came down to the wire, as the Senate looked to wrap up its current session. Senators rejected four amendments and a budgetary point of order late Friday night that would have derailed the measure, given the small window of time left to pass it.
Vice President-elect JD Vance of Ohio was among the 24 Republican senators to join 49 Democrats to advance the measure in an initial procedural vote that took place Wednesday.
“Social Security is a bedrock of our middle class. You pay into it for 40 quarters, you earned it, it should be there when you retire,” Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat who lost his seat in the November election, told the chamber ahead of Wednesday’s vote. “All these workers are asking for is for what they earned.”
What is the Social Security Fairness Act?
The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal two federal policies — the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) — that reduce Social Security payments to nearly 3 million retirees.
That includes those who also collect pensions from state and federal jobs that aren’t covered by Social Security, including teachers, police officers and U.S. postal workers. The bill would also end a second provision that reduces Social Security benefits for those workers’ surviving spouses and family members. The WEP impacts about 2 million Social Security beneficiaries and the GPO nearly 800,000 retirees.
The measure, which passed the House in November, had 62 cosponsors when it was introduced in the Senate last year. Yet the bill’s bipartisan support eroded in recent days, with some Republican lawmakers voicing doubts due to its cost. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the proposed legislation would add a projected $195 billion to federal deficits over a decade.
Without Senate approval, the bill’s fate would have ended with the current session of Congress and would have needed to be re-introduced in the next Congress.
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Saturday is the winter solstice and 2024’s shortest day. Here’s what to know about the official start of winter.
The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Northern Hemisphere. The celestial event signifies the first day of winter, astronomically.
What is the winter solstice?
The winter solstice is the day each year that has the shortest period of daylight between sunrise and sunset, and therefore the longest night. It happens when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Capricorn, a line of latitude that circles the globe south of the equator, the National Weather Service explains.
The farther north you are, the shorter the day will be, and in the Arctic Circle, the sun won’t rise at all.
How is the day of the winter solstice determined?
The winter solstice occurs because of the Earth’s tilt as it rotates around the sun.
When the Northern Hemisphere tilts away from the sun, the nights last longer. The longest night happens on the solstice because the hemisphere is in its furthest position from the sun. That occurs each year on Dec. 21 or 22.
This year, it falls on Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m ET, to be precise.
On the summer solstice, when the northern tilt is closest to the sun, we have the longest day, usually June 20 or 21.
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The solstices are not always exactly on the 21st every year because the earth’s rotation around the sun is 365.25 days, instead of 365 even.
Will days start getting longer after the winter solstice?
Yes. Each day after the solstice, we get one minute more of sunlight. It doesn’t sound like much, but after just two months, or around 60 days, we’ll be seeing about an hour more of sunlight.
When will winter officially be over in 2025?
The meteorological winter ends on March 20, 2025. Then, spring will last until June 20, when the summer solstice arrives.
How is the winter solstice celebrated around the world?
Nations and cultures around the world have celebrated the solstice since ancient times with varying rituals and traditions. The influence of those solstice traditions can still be seen in our celebrations of holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah, Britannica notes.
The ancient Roman Saturnalia festival celebrated the end of the planting season and has close ties with modern-day Christmas. It honored Saturn, the god of harvest and farming. The multiple-day affair had lots of food, games and celebrations. Presents were given to children and the poor, and slaves were allowed to stop working.
Gatherings are held every year at Stonehenge, a monumental circle of massive stones in England that dates back about 5,000 years. The origins of Stonehenge are shrouded in mystery, but it was built to align with the sun on solstice days.
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The Hopi, a Native American tribe in the northern Arizona area, celebrate the winter solstice with dancing, purification and sometimes gift-giving. A sacred ritual known as the Soyal Ceremony marks the annual milestone.
In Peru, people honor the return of the sun god on the winter solstice. The ancient tradition would be to hold sacrificial ceremonies, but today, people hold mock sacrifices to celebrate. Because Peru is in the Southern Hemisphere, their winter solstice happens in June, when the Northern Hemisphere is marking its summer solstice.
Scandinavia celebrates St. Lucia’s Day, a festival of lights.
The “arrival of winter,” or Dong Zhi, is a Chinese festival where family gathers to celebrate the year so far. Traditional foods include tang yuan, sweet rice balls with a black sesame filling. It’s believed to have its origins in post-harvest celebrations.
Researchers stationed in in Antarctica even have their own traditions, which may include an icy plunge into the polar waters. They celebrate “midwinter” with festive meals, movies and sometimes homemade gifts.