While the smell of pine is every bit as much of a part of Christmas as candy canes and your drunk Uncle Marvin, the majority of Americans will be opting for a tree of the fake plastic variety this year.
While the real Santa is a jolly old elf, some of his impostors who begin to pop up all around the non-frozen parts of the planet come Christmas time are a tad rough around the edges.
In fact, some of these mall jockeys and liquored-up revelers are downright sketchy. We’ve compiled a list of ten of these questionable Santas featured on the excellent Sketchy Santas blog so that folks with common decency and small children will know who to avoid this holiday season. Grab some expired egg nog and check them out below.
Most of us wouldn’t be caught dead in a garish Christmas sweater. But one woman in Vermont specializes in making ugly Christmas pullovers. As far as she’s concerned, the uglier the better.
In a show of technological savvy, Pope Benedict XVI turned on a massive Christmas light display in the Italian town of Gubbio by using a Sony Android tablet. It’s a miracle…of technology!
On Monday, Sgt. Jamee Gains, an Oklahoma National Guard soldier returning from Afghanistan, gave her family the best early Christmas present possible: herself.
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Santa's reindeers work their antlers off every Christmas, but the rest of God's creatures have got it so much easier. Whether they're household pets, zoo animals or endangered species just chilling in a preserve, the following eight animal videos illustrate just how much humans consider their furry and/or feathered friends a part of their families. Sure, you may
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The holiday season is synonymous with timeless, classic films like 'It’s A Wonderful Life,' 'Miracle on 34th Street' and 'Holiday Inn.' Even more recent favorites like “A Christmas Story,' 'Love, Actually' and 'Elf' instantly put us in the mood to cozy up to the fire and sip a cup of Yuletide cheer.
But you know what really gets our chestnuts roasting? The
Few know this about Chewbacca, but the Wookie from ‘Star Wars’ actually has a lovely singing voice. Don’t believe us? Then check out this video of Chewie growling and honking his way through the Christmas classic ‘Silent Night.’ This one has “Internet meme” written all over it.
A Long Island University doctoral professor claims that Rankin/Bass’ Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” inspires children to bully their peers. And here we thought it just raised awareness for misfit toys.
These days, the Christmas season kicks into full swing right after Thanksgiving ends, but it looks like the majority of Americans aren’t particularly thrilled with spending an entire month celebrating the holiday.
The unlikely combination of Merle Haggard, Oprah Winfrey and Paul McCartney was honored in Washington DC on this date in 2010, Roy Clark played Santa Claus for Steve Wariner and Barbara Eden in 2002 and Charlie Daniels recorded a song that will never fade away on this date in 1978.
Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 05, December, 2011.
Over the past decade or so, there has been some debate as to whether the government, public schools and retailers should use the word “Christmas,” or if they should use something more inclusive, like “the holidays.”
