Some Americans want less Mariah Carey for Christmas
United StatesRNS Most Americans plan to give a dozen gifts during the holiday season, put at least some decorations up on their house and will leave their Christmas tree up until the new year or a bit longer. They also worry that people have forgotten the real meaning of Christmas. Some still believe in Santa. […]
Santa Claus delivers Christmas cheer in Brazil’s City of God slum
Rio de Janeiro Reuters Santa Claus strode into the Brazil’s City of God favela this week, delivering much-needed Christmas cheer to some of Rio de Janeiro’s poorest children. Dressed in an unseasonably warm red suit and jacket, with an artificial white beard strapped to his chin, Santa Claus was mobbed as he handed out toys […]
StrangeSights: A tiny prayer book; Christmas in Venice – Santas on gondolas and a floating Nativity; and, Vancouverites enjoy a beach joke…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
StrangeSights: Peruvian Santa goes to great heights to deliver presents; Birds Aren’t Real (or are they?); and, a life-sized Gingerbread(-like) house…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…