Dec 21, 2007 -
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Susan Dahl had spent four months homeless in Colorado and just been on a harrowing 10-hour bus trip through sleet and snow. Hungry and broke, all she wanted to do was get back to family in Minnesota.
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Dec 24, 2007 -
ROVANIEMI, Finland (Reuters) - Customer service, story-telling, nature studies and wilderness survival are essential skills for any elf worthy of the name.
Anyone who aspires to a job as a Santa's helper can acquire them at a new Elf Academy in Rovaniemi, 2,600 km (1,600 miles) from the North Pole, which Finland claims as home to the "real" Santa Claus.
Christmas 2007 is in full swing as tourists seek Santa in the Arctic Circle but after the school opens next April, the 2,000 or so "elves" will be able to raise their game.
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Dec 18, 2007 -
DANBURY, Conn. - Santa Claus says that a woman who sat on his lap was naughty, not nice.
A Santa at the Danbury Fair mall said the woman groped him.
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Dec 04, 2007 -
In a few weeks, some of us will be celebrating christmas. And many of you, when you were younger was told Santa Claus was real and he came down a chimney to deliver gifts. and eventually you learned that your parents lied to you.
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Dec 04, 2007 -
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Christmas is hectic for all but particularly for Santa, who must live in Kyrgyzstan and make his rounds at lightning speed if he is to deliver gifts to all the world's children on time, a Swedish consultancy has concluded.
Between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Santa Claus's route around the planet includes stops at 2.5 billion homes, assuming that children of all religions receive a present from the jolly man in the red suit, Anders Larsson of the engineering consultancy Sweco told AFP.
"We estimated that there are 48 people per square kilometer (120 per square mile) on Earth, and 20 metres (66 feet) between each home.
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Nov 19, 2007 -
Its now time for our 2nd Annual Team Sugar Secret Santa Exchange. This is not your normal run of the mill Secret Santa. This is an online fun get to know you Secret Santa.
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Dec 15, 2008 -
Simon Sez Santa
Tell ol' Santa what you want him to do, chances are he
will do it. But be careful what you ask for!
Visit: Simon Sez Santa
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Dec 14, 2006 -
Tis' the season to be jolly right?! Not for these kids.
The older children are holding the jacket of "little one," so she can't run away.
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Feb 02, 2008 -
Angelina Jolie arrives hand-in-hand with Brad Pitt at the 2008 Santa Barbara Film Festival in Santa Barbara, Calif. on Saturday.
SBIFF presented Academy Award-winner and three-time Golden Globe-winning actress, Angelina Jolie, with the Outstanding Performance Award for her critically acclaimed performance in A Mighty Heart at the Arlington Theater.
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Apr 23, 2008 -
The governator and wife Maria Shriver have just bought some exclusive property on the California coastline.
Arnold is the proud owner of 25 acres in an exclusive coastal enclave in Santa Barbara County. And it only cost them $4.7 million!
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