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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