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2 hrs ago | www.wigantoday.net | Dark_Island

Crackers or damp squib?

When it comes to festive traditions, Christmas crackers can often disappoint. Bad jokes, flimsy paper hats and useless gifts have long been associated with the yuletide treats.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

2 hrs ago | www.wigantoday.net | Dark_Island

Latics and Warriors stars spread hospital cheer

Christmas came early for children in Wigan's hospitals and schools when sporting stars from the world of soccer and rugby dropped in for a visit.

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Related Topix: Sports, World Soccer, Wigan Athletic

3 hrs ago | webdesign.about.com | Dark_Island

Christmas Graphics and Images for Your Web Pages

Christmas is nearly upon us, and you might be thinking about decorating your site for the holidays.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

3 hrs ago | www.thestate.com | Dark_Island

Many take dim view of new-fangled Christmas lights

To Steven Walls, it's beginning to look nothing like Christmas, anywhere he goes.

While more people make the switch to energy-efficient lights for their holiday decorations, Walls this year insisted on decorating with the old-style, torpedo-shaped Christmas lights his family has put up for years. But it was no easy feat: To replace the half-dozen or so bulbs that burned out last year, Walls had to visit eight stores before he found any.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Santa Claus, IN

3 hrs ago | www.buryfreepress.co.uk | Dark_Island

Christmas comes early for zoo residents

Zoo animals have celebrated Christmas early in Leicestershire, breaking into their presents. Chimpanzees in Twycross Zoo tucked into nuts and seeds wrapped up in wrapping paper in their enclosures.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

3 hrs ago | www.lasvegassun.com | Dark_Island

Astronauts blast off for Christmas space mission

A Russian rocket blasted off from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan lighting up the frigid Central Asian steppe Monday, shuttling an American, a Russian and a Japanese to the International Space Station.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Life, Holidays, NASA

Sat Dec 19, 2009

Banburycake.co.uk

Millions go shopping despite snow

Freezing weather and the economic downturn failed to deter Christmas shoppers today as the nation went on a spending frenzy on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

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Related Topix: Weather, Life, Holidays

Detroit News

Jeanne Phillips

Dear Abby: With the holidays here, songs about Santa and his reindeer are filling the air.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Opinion

Fri Dec 18, 2009

Post-Standard

Christmas trees showing up in Alaska with live 'ornaments'

Forget the plastic icicles, brightly colored balls and tinsel. Some Christmas trees for sale in the Anchorage area are adorned with something truly different this holiday season - live Pacific Chorus frogs.

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Related Topix: Alaska, Alaska Government, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Chorus, University of Alaska Anchorage

ABC News

How iPhones Prove There's a Santa Claus

I am 8 years old. Some of my friends say there is no Santa Claus. My dad says, "If you read it on the Web, it must be so.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Video Games

ClipSyndicate

Mount Juliet Bears Give Christmas To 12-Year-Old

(12/17/09) - The Bears of Mount Juliet High School compile their money and resources to give Christmas presents to a 12-year-old.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Mount Juliet, TN, Sports, Video

Thu Dec 17, 2009

WWSB

Obama chats with Gloria Estefan about Christmas

President Barack Obama says he expects Santa to use the Yellow Room chimney to make his White House entrance this year.

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Related Topix: Gloria Estefan, Latin, Life, Holidays, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

As Christmas approaches, widespread price slashing isn't likely

If you were hoping to find massive clearance sales as you finish up your holiday shopping, prepare to be disappointed.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving

Wed Dec 16, 2009

Andover Advertiser

Hopes rising for White Christmas

Prospects of a white Christmas are "greater than they have been for a number of years" with temperatures continuing to plunge towards the festive period, forecasters have said.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Weather

WAND-TV Decatur

House OKs defense bill, rushes to finish for year

The House approved a $636 billion defense bill Wednesday that funds the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and provides a 3.4 percent pay hike for military personnel.

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Related Topix: US News, Life, Holidays, US Politics, Barack Obama, Patriot Act, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Steny Hoyer

ContactMusic.com

Guy Ritchie - Ritchie Gets Kids for Christmas

GUY RITCHIE will reportedly spend the festive season with his children, after ex-wife MADONNA allowed the director to care for them over Christmas .

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Pop/Rock, Madonna

communitypress.cincinnati.com | Dark_Island

Make treats for homemeade holiday gifts

There's no doubt in my mind that a gift from the hands is a gift from the heart. It's even more meaningful this year when budgets may be tighter and there's not a lot of "wiggle room" for purchasing gifts.

But you know what? Even if you can afford an expensive store-bought gift, try making something homemade to give, perhaps as an accompaniment to the gift or just as a stand-alone present.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Food, Chocolate, Recipes, Meat, Chicken, Recipes, Williamstown, KY

www.earthtimes.org | Dark_Island

All I want for Christmas is a loo, two goats, three hens

It's never easy choosing the right Christmas present. Do you go for that new Louis Vuitton bag, the Philippe Patek watch or perhaps a 10-metre stretch of road in China and a new loo for a family in Nepal? A growing number of gift-givers are finding the solution to their Christmas present dilemmas lies not in the glitzy shopping malls but on the ...

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Related Topix: Life, Charity , Holidays, Wedding

Kerrville Daily Times

Salvation Army looking for volunteers

With only eight days left until Christmas, Santa Claus isn't the only one checking his list twice.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Kerr County, TX

Tue Dec 15, 2009

WJBF-TV Augusta

Grinch Steals Presents Bound For SC Kids

Authorities say thieves have stolen Christmas presents bound for dozens of needy South Carolina children.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Life, Holidays, Myrtle Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach Metro, Horry County, SC

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