Post-Christmas sales may let retailers down (USA Today)

Retailers looking for a big surge in customer traffic the week after Christmas may be disappointed, because an unusually low number of consumers plan to shop in the post-holiday week according to a new survey.

Facebookers rage against Simon Cowell\'s Christmas juggernaut (CNN)

At least half a million Facebookers are raging against Simon Cowell, trying to keep his British TV talent show \"The X-Factor\" from claiming the number-one spot on the British singles chart on Christmas Day.

Ugandan rebels threaten Christmas attack in DR.Congo (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A lawmaker from the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday expressed fears of an attack by Ugandan rebels at Christmas, as in 2008 when more than 400 people were killed.

Who\'s winning the war on Christmas? (CNN)

Americans are in a war that pits the politically correct against Christmas carolers, some say. They say it\'s a battle that plays out in the halls of Congress, retail stores and public schools across the country, and it\'s one that\'s been raging for years.

Cops have jolly good time in Christmas video - News-Democrat

Kenosha police officers have made a Christmas video that features their version of \"The Twelve Days of Christmas ... Another is sitting in front of a box of doughnuts, his nose and cheek smeared with jelly. A blurb on the department\'s Web site ...

Dynamite found before church Christmas party - WZVN-TV

KELSO, Wash. (AP): It could have been a blast of a Christmas party. A Washington state minister found a stick of dynamite in her church. Pastor Hanna Peterson came across the explosive as she was preparing for a party at her First Presbyterian Church ...

Hayden Wright: Drunk 4-Year-Old Steals Christmas Presents (VIDEO) - Huffingtonpost.com

Hayden Wright, a 4-year-old boy from Tennessee, is accused of stealing Christmas presents from his neighbors after consuming a beer. He was found at 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday, wandering the streets wearing a dress he took from under a neighbor\'s tree ...

How I gave someone a small business for Christmas (USA Today)

Shhh ... don\'t ruin the surprise. Tammy Murray of Sacramento, is about to get an amazing gift this Christmas: the business of her dreams.

BA avoids major Christmas brand backlash - Marketing Week

guardian.co.ukBA avoids major Christmas brand backlashMarketing WeekBritish Airways has avoided major brand backlash over the Christmas period after winning a court ruling to prevent a 12-day cabin crew strike, ...BA Court Victory Blocks Christmas StrikeBusinessWeekCourt Saves Christmas, Blocks British Airways StrikeABC NewsBA Christmas strike blocked by high courtguardian.co.ukATWOnline -PR Web (press release)all 3,683 news articles »

Christmas Eve Service set at Methodist Church - Reno Gazette Journal

Washington PostChristmas Eve Service set at Methodist ChurchReno Gazette JournalThe Community United Methodist Church of Yerington is inviting the public to join its congregation at 6:00 pm for a traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve ...Christmas worship plans told for West EssexCaldwell ProgressChristmas Eve service planned at Crossroads ChurchMuncie Star PressChristmas Vespers & Candlelight Dinner a Special EventGarden City NewsAdvocate -Marco Eagle -Aurora Beacon Newsall 183 news articles »

Senate Democrats threaten to hold health-care vote on Christmas (Washington Post)

Ho, ho -- oh, no! For weeks -- months, really -- Republicans have stalled health-care legislation in the Senate. But now Democrats have come up with a formidable weapon: They are threatening to steal Christmas. And Republicans would give large sums of frankincense and myrrh to keep that from...

Estonian Christmas market offers anti-crisis cheer (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Locked in one of Europe\'s deepest recessions, Estonians in dire need of some anti-crisis cheer are flocking to their capital\'s annual Christmas market, a magnet for locals and tourists alike.

Chances slim for white Christmas - Parkersburg News & Sentinel

CHARLESTON - The chance of Parkersburg residents waking up to a white Christmas are slim, according to records from the National Weather Service in Charleston. Records from the NWS for the Central Appalachia region date back to the late 1800s and ...

Whose Christmas Is It? - New York Times

ABOUT 10 years ago, I was doing a weekend of Christmas concerts, accompanied by a fine regional symphony in California. The first night went well, I thought, with a program of holiday classics that seemed beyond reproach. The song choices were about ...

Leave cooking to the pros this Christmas in Memphis - Memphis Commercial Appeal

Admit it. You know you think about it every year. It might hit you when you\'re grocery shopping, stuck behind the woman determined to use expired coupons. Or when you remember that you forgot to thaw the turkey. Or even when — come on, it\'s true ...

Senate Democrats threaten to hold health-care vote on Christmas (Washington Post)

Ho, ho -- oh, no! For weeks -- months, really -- Republicans have stalled health-care legislation in the Senate. But now Democrats have come up with a formidable weapon: They are threatening to steal Christmas. And Republicans would give large sums of frankincense and myrrh to keep that from...

Critic\'s Corner Thursday: \'SNL\' Christmas special, \'Mentalist\' (USA Today)

NBC prepares for the holidays with Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (tonight, 8 ET/PT), but before you panic, the network isn\'t actually planning to subject you to two full hours of Kristen Wiig\'s grade-school sociopath. (No matter how much you like Wiig, that would be about 119 more minutes of Gilly than anyone could stand.) You get a few new Gilly sketches wrapped around ...

Washington Sketch: Senate Democrats threaten to hold health-care vote on Christmas (Washington Post)

Ho, ho -- oh, no! For weeks -- months, really -- Republicans have stalled health-care legislation in the Senate. But now Democrats have come up with a formidable weapon: They are threatening to steal Christmas. And Republicans would give large sums of frankincense and myrrh to keep that from...

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Reason TV: The best Christmas ever?

This time my friend Nick is a lot cheerier about Christmas, asking us without irony to consider our considerable blessings in a tough Christmas season. Unemployment is in double digits, jobless claims are still bouncing upwards, ...

Hayden Wright, 4, Drinks Beer, Steals Christmas Gifts - The ...

A Tennessee four-year-old stands accused of stealing Christmas gifts from his neighbors after drinking a beer.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Merry Christmas: Senate ObamaCare vote ...

Merry Christmas: Senate ObamaCare vote may come on December 24th.

Slankets and Snuggies set to be Christmas hit (Daily Telegraph)

Is it a blanket or is it a jumper? No, it\'s a Slanket and it is set to become one of the surprise hits of Christmas.

Man reportedly pulls handgun on Christmas shopper (Orange County Register)

After an evening of Christmas shopping, a man and a woman were confronted by two people who allegedly burglarized their car and pulled a gun on them, authorities said. Police have detained six people, four adults and two juveniles, in connection with...

Christmas tree shortage concern (BBC News)

Christmas tree growers in Wales are under pressure to meet a surge in demand caused by the increasing cost of imported trees.

Christmas movies with a message (Deseret News)

There are so many Christmas films, they now fill a dozen categories: Christmas horror (\"Slay Ride\"), Christmas comedy (\"Home...

Christmas book imagines a conversation between the pope and a snowman (The Kansas City Star)

Roger Coleman, community activist, pastor and director of the Pilgrim Center Inc., is author of a new book, “The Pope and the Snowman, A Christmas Tale.” The 74-page book recently was published by AuthorHouse in Bloomington, Ind. Coleman wrote the book as a Christmas Eve bedtime story.

Woot : All I want for Christmas...

All I want for Christmas... Laffs by Randy Cleveland on December 4, 2009 at 1:30 PM ...is some frantic digital homoeroticism. Wii gamers rejoice! Muscle March is coming to North America! Surely this will be THE party game of the year, ...

Mr. Christmas outlet turns your display into a show » Coolest Gadgets

Mr. Christmas outlet turns your display into a show on Coolest Gadgets.

Chesapeake Christmas tree lighting and parade rescheduled to Sunday - The Virginian-Pilot

redbankgreenChesapeake Christmas tree lighting and parade rescheduled to SundayThe Virginian-PilotCHESAPEAKE - The 39th Annual Chesapeake Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and Great Bridge Jaycees' annual Christmas Parade have been rescheduled for Sunday, ...The 25th annual Fall River Children's Christmas ParadeFall River Herald NewsLowcountry Christmas EventsWCIVNeosho City Tree Lighting Ceremony kicks off ChristmasNeosho Daily NewsPress News -Ramona Sentinel -Travel Agentall 210 news articles »

Job losses decline again; Fed sees improvement - YAHOO!

Although employers are still shedding jobs, economists said the figures suggest the United States is on track to start adding jobs next ... report by global outplacement consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. Employers announced 50,349 planned ...

Millennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen, Brilliantly Joyful Christmas - PR.com

The Millennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen has made an abundant variety of Christmas preparations to welcome everyone into a festive holiday. Xiamen, China, December 03, 2009 --( PR.com )-- The \"LED Christmas Tree\" is already erect outside along the ...

The sounds of Christmas in Ireland - St. Cloud Times

ST. JOSEPH — In Ireland, music speaks for itself. It tells a story of a rich heritage that celebrates Christmas for two weeks instead of a day, where children tour from house to house on St. Stephen’s Day (the day after Christmas) and where The ...

A glorious Christmas tradition at Glendale Centre Theatre - California Chronicle

Times OnlineA glorious Christmas tradition at Glendale Centre TheatreCalifornia ChronicleAs first Marley (James Warnock), and then the Ghosts of Christmases Past (Cynthia Stults), Present (Tim Dietlein) and Future (Christopher Gomez) show ...A Christmas Carolguardian.co.ukOFFBEAT: Goodman's 'A Christmas Carol' shines brighter than a yuletide lognwitimes.comA Scrooge for all; Nothing miserly about 'Christmas Carol' renditions this seasonThe Daily News of NewburyportAnderson Herald Bulletin -Shield (subscription) -Providence Journalall 70 news articles »

Rutherford County Christmas tree lighting - Murfreesboro Post

Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.comRutherford County Christmas tree lightingMurfreesboro PostFriday night, December 4th is the date to save as Santa arrives to light the official Rutherford County Christmas Tree at the annual Celebrate Christmas ...Christmas Tree Lighting scheduled tonightGreenville Herald-BannerChristmas events to make desoto festiveDeSoto Times TodayBryson's Christmas parade is set for this SaturdaySmoky Mountain TimesThe Tennessean -De Soto Explorer -Tracy Pressall 98 news articles »

A very White House Christmas - Danbury News Times

Kansas City StarA very White House ChristmasDanbury News TimesThe Red Room of the White House in Washington is seen during a tour of the 2009 White House Christmas decorations, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. ...Obamas welcome ChristmasChicago TribuneObama White House gets into the Christmas seasonUSA TodayWhere season's joy isn't lone renewable resourceWashington PostThe Associated Press -People Magazine -Thousand Oaks Acornall 211 news articles »

Perez Hilton: Christmas In Washington

Since 2004, Hollywood's most hated website has been delivering the juiciest celebrity gossip. The blog is The go-to source for daily happenings in Hollywood. Written by the internet's most notorious gossip columnist, Perez Hilton (Mario ...

Perez Hilton: Christmas Canceled At 30 Rock?

"We can't let the Grinch at NBC steal another Christmas from thousands of honest working people. This charade must stop. Christmas is supposed to be a time of goodwill, but the network's management is trying to hide behind their fancy ...

Shelf Life: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Cinematical

Home Alone was a film I saw at a formative time in my young life – I was 14 or so – but National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was probably more important to me, since it balanced gingerly on the line between family entertainment and ...

Make: Online : Dance of the Christmas Robots

It's still way too early for holiday music and decorations, however this was too good to pass up. Robobuilder made this RoboBuilder Xmas Dance Routine to demonstrate the capabilities of their 5720t 'Huno' robotics kit.
[original post by Matt Mets]
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San Jose's Christmas in the Park opens Friday, marking 30th year (San Jose Mercury News)

On Friday, the San Jose tradition Christmas in the Park '” the longest-running free event in downtown '” marks its 30th anniversary, with more than 450,000 visitors expected through its Dec. 27 run.
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Christmas tree moves back into Fresno City Hall (The Fresno Bee)

Fresno City Hall's Christmas tree will come in from the cold this year, saving the city tens of thousands of dollars in costs, officials say.
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Christmas Show kicks off holidays - Frederick News-Post

Hayley Gorman, 10, pays a visit to Santa on Sunday at the 26th annual Maryland Christmas Show at the Great Frederick Fairgrounds. Christmas Eve is still a month away, but weekend visitors to the Frederick Fairgrounds didn't seem fazed that the ...
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Katie Couric Uses Christmas Poem To Campaign For ObamaCare ...

Twas just weeks before Christmas and what do you know. Senate Democrats are once again praying for Snowe. They won 60 votes to start the debate. But they're back to square one and the just have to wait. Wait for Blue Dogs like Nelson ...
[original post by Noel Sheppard]
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Christmas Clix Coming November 30th - Nintendo Life: WiiWare

You might remember that we recently reported that JV Games' new holiday puzzler Christmas Clix would be hitting the North American WiiWare service on December 7th. Well there's been a change of plans. ...
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Katie Couric Uses Christmas Poem To Campaign For ObamaCare ...

Twas just weeks before Christmas and what do you know. Senate Democrats are once again praying for Snowe. They won 60 votes to start the debate. But they're back to square one and the just have to wait. Wait for Blue Dogs like Nelson ...
[original post by Noel Sheppard]
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More Oklahomans are applying for Salvation Army bell ringer jobs - Daily Oklahoman

Salvation Army officials in Oklahoma City are seeing an increase in the number of people applying for jobs as bell ringers in the agency's annual Red Kettle campaign. Spokeswoman Heidi Brandes says with the number of people out of work ...
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Ready for Christmas - Meridian Star

The Knight's Family Christmas Tree tent will be open for business today selling North Carolina trees throughout the holiday season. Here, Monte Knight, top right, and his son Justin hand down a tree to Monica Knight, lower left, and their daughter ...
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Australian Labor's refugee detention regime triggers Christmas Island riot - World Socialist Web Site

Stuff.co.nzAustralian Labor's refugee detention regime triggers Christmas Island riotWorld Socialist Web SiteRudd reiterated his government's determination to maintain the mandatory detention regime on Christmas Island, declaring “That will be our policy into the ...Refugees clash at Australia's Christmas Island centreBBC NewsAustralia to Send Team to Process Lankan Migrants, Herald SaysBloombergAfghan, Sri Lankan Refugees Riot In Australian Detention Center, 37 HurtAHNVoice of America -ABC Online -The Australianall 461 news articles »
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From a Christmas shoebox to a smile on a child's face (News 8 Austin)

It's down to the wire for a global giving campaign that delivers Christmas gift boxes to orphans in foreign countries.
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Refugees clash at Australia's Christmas Island centre - BBC News

AFPRefugees clash at Australia's Christmas Island centreBBC NewsClashes have broken out between refugees from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at an Australian immigration detention centre on Christmas Island. ...Inquiry launched into Christmas Island riotABC Online150 asylum-seekers riot at Australia detention centreAFPAsylum seekers in Christmas Island riotSydney Morning HeraldThe Associated Press -Malaysia Star -United Press Internationalall 174 news articles »
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LED Christmas Lights Save Money in Long Run - Myhighplains.com

AMARILLO -- Many of you will be putting up Christmas lights next weekend. LED Christmas lights are an energy efficient alternative to consider. LED lights cost just a little more. But they can save you in the long run. They're up to 90-percent more ...
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LED Christmas Lights Save Money in Long Run - Myhighplains.com

AMARILLO -- Many of you will be putting up Christmas lights next weekend. LED Christmas lights are an energy efficient alternative to consider. LED lights cost just a little more. But they can save you in the long run. They're up to 90-percent more ...
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Refugees clash at Australia's Christmas Island centre - BBC News

AFPRefugees clash at Australia's Christmas Island centreBBC NewsClashes have broken out between refugees from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at an Australian immigration detention centre on Christmas Island. ...Inquiry launched into Christmas Island riotABC Online150 asylum-seekers riot at Australia detention centreAFPAsylum seekers in Christmas Island riotSydney Morning HeraldThe Associated Press -Malaysia Star -United Press Internationalall 174 news articles »
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316000 Christmas Bongs SEIZED In Los Angeles

(AP Text, Scroll Down For Video)LOS ANGELES - Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor. US Customs and Border Protection said Thursday that ...
[original post by The Huffington Post News Editors]
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Lost City: Merry Expensive Christmas

The annual Christmas Bazaar at Manhattan Swedish Seamans Church, on 48th Street near Fifth, will take place today, tomorrow and Sunday. If you need Swedish licorice, St. Lucia dolls, straw reindeers, brightly colored wooden candle ...
[original post by Brooks of Sheffield]
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Santa, students to come visiting - The Valley Chronicle

ABC NewsSanta, students to come visitingThe Valley ChronicleHave you ever wished to catch a glimpse of Santa Claus making his rounds on Christmas Eve? West Valley High School drama department is bringing Santa to San ...No reply this Christmas as US blocks Santa mailAFPIt's like the Grinch trying to steal Christmas: Strict anti-paedophile rules ...Daily Mail'Spirit of Christmas' to be big celebration in New YorkTheCelebrityCafe.comGreenville News -St. George Daily Spectrum -WESH.comall 1,006 news articles »
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Black Friday deals may not signal retail comeback - Reuters

ABC NewsBlack Friday deals may not signal retail comebackReutersBut they caution it will not mean a bumper holiday season in the weeks leading up to Christmas since consumers still remain cautious. ...Inside the Black Friday Marketing MachineABC NewsBlack Friday, You're Dead to MeCNBCIs Black Friday A Scam??SoJonesExaminer.com -News10.net -WOOD-TVall 268 news articles »
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Salvation Army kicks off Christmas kettle campaign - Shelby Star

Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.comSalvation Army kicks off Christmas kettle campaignShelby StarThe moment of celebration marked the kick-off of the Army's Red Kettle Christmas campaign after Brandy stuffed in the official first dollar of the season in ...Bells are ringing for Salvation Army Red Kettle Christmas charity campaignMount Pleasant Daily TribuneSalvation Army read to ring in the Christmas seasonDesert Valley TimesSalvation Army launch Irvine Christmas AppealIrvine HeraldBismarck Tribune -Enterprise-Record -Asheville Citizen-Timesall 199 news articles »
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5 Steps for Creating a Christmas Budget (redOrbit)

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial blog ChristianPF.com released an article designed to help consumers create a Christmas budget in just a few simple steps.
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Barnes & Noble Sells Out of the Nook for Christmas - PC Magazine

Barnes & Noble has announced that pre-orders for its Nook e-reader will not ship until January 4. "The hottest holiday gift is out of stock," the store said in a note on its Web site. "Order Nook today to be first in line for the New Year."
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Customs agents seize 316,000 bongs in LA - Atlanta Journal Constitution

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday that agents found the highly decorated drug pipes in 860 boxes shipped from China. The cargo, estimated to be worth more than $2.6 million, had been described as glass figures and Christmas ornaments ...
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Inside the Black Friday Marketing Machine - ABC News

ABC NewsInside the Black Friday Marketing MachineABC NewsBut the period beginning around Thanksgiving does mark the start of an increase in retail sales that peaks around the Sunday before Christmas. ...A Jollier Season for Retail SharesSmartmoney.com'Up' Your Holiday SalesMediapost.comall 213 news articles »
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Clydesdales to lead 65th Mooresville Christmas Parade on Tuesday - Mooresville Tribune

Soonews.caClydesdales to lead 65th Mooresville Christmas Parade on TuesdayMooresville TribuneOrganizers say the 65th annual Mooresville Christmas Parade, which rolls down Main Street on Tuesday, will be the town's biggest ever. At the very least, ...'Christmas' back in boat parade -- but not activistNewsday (subscription)Entries being sought for Denton Christmas ParadeLexington DispatchMoving back toward ChristmasWorld MagazineMy Fox 8 -Herald & Review -Lancaster Eagle Gazetteall 182 news articles »
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Christmas comes to Destin - Destin Log

The holiday season kicks off as Santa arrives at Destin Commons at 6 p.m. Nov. 21 — not on his sleigh, but on a fire truck accompanied by a police escort into Center Plaza. Professional Broadway actors decked out in holiday costumes as Snow White ...
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Who entered home and decorated for Christmas? - Quad Cities Onlines

HERSCHER, Ill. (AP) — Police in the Kankakee County town of Herscher say they are looking for someone who might be described as a home-invading Christmas elf. Herscher Police Chief Rick Gilbert says a local woman and her children left for a brief ...
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Meet Mr. Christmas - Vancouver Sun

No one does Christmas better than Ed Holden. Every year, he transforms his garden centre -- Potters on 48th Avenue in Surrey -- into an amazing Christmas wonderland of twinkling lights, giant Santas and sparkling decorations to make it the biggest ...
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316000 Bongs, Disguised As Christmas Ornaments, Seized By Customs ...

LOS ANGELES — Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor. US Customs and Border Protection said Thursday that agents found the highly ...
[original post by The Huffington Post News Editors]
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Change of Subject: Dispatch from the `War on Christmas'

This Gap commercial has the usual suspects worked up into their annual lather: The Los Angeles Times reports: The Mississippi-based American Family Association last week issued a fatwa against Gap Inc. -- the retailing giant whose ...
[original post by Eric Zorn]
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Customs agents seize 316,000 bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments in LA (MalaysiaNews.net)

LOS ANGELES - Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursd...
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Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.
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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD - Port Clinton News Herald

To promote world peace, Immaculate Conception School and Chapel on the Lake participated in Operation Christmas Child. The program sends shoeboxes full of needed items to children around the world. Immaculate Conception students in preschool through ...
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Clydesdales to led 65th Mooresville Christmas Parade - Mooresville Tribune

Soonews.caClydesdales to led 65th Mooresville Christmas ParadeMooresville TribuneOrganizers say the 65th annual Mooresville Christmas Parade, which rolls down Main Street on Tuesday, will be the town's biggest ever. At the very least, ...Jaycees Christmas Parade to light up the night again this yearHerald & ReviewWhoever changed name of parade should check out why we celebrate ChristmasLancaster Eagle GazetteLike Christmas in NovemberLouisville Courier-JournalThe Associated Press -WXII12.com -Cincinnati.comall 177 news articles »
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Santa: All I Want for Christmas is the H1N1 Vaccine - eMaxHealth

CBC.caSanta: All I Want for Christmas is the H1N1 VaccineeMaxHealthSanta groups across the nation are urging their local health departments and the federal government to consider them a high-risk group for susceptibility to ...Santa's Christmas wish list: the H1N1 vaccineWNCTSanta Wants Swine Flu Vaccine For ChristmasNPRall 72 news articles »
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Christmas with Walt Disney – a new film | The Disney Blog

The Walt Disney Family Museum recently asked veteran filmmaker Don Hahn to create a film that would celebrate the holidays through the lens of Walt Disney.
[original post by John Frost]
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Sandra Rose - iPhone Stands Make the Perfect Christmas Gift

iPhone Stands Make the Perfect Christmas Gift. These iPhone stands are available for $1 for a limited time only. The stands are compact, lightweight and made of sturdy plastic. When not in use, the stand folds up quickly and can be ...
[original post by Sandra Rose]
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Customs agents seize 316,000 bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments in LA (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

LOS ANGELES - Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor.
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