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Focus 360| Christmas Scenes from Around the World
Virtual Reality
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Boxing Day, explained
For some countries, the day after Christmas is a holiday in its own right.
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More than 50 people shot in Chicago over long holiday weekend
Nine people were wounded in daylight shootings in Chicago early Monday, bringing to more than 50 the number of people shot over the long Christmas weekend. Eleven of the 53 people shot between about 4:50 p.m. Friday and about the same time Monday died from their wounds. More than a dozen others were listed in serious or critical condition.
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Book sales the week before Christmas were the highest they'd been for 10 years
Christmas trading for the UK book market saw its strongest sales in 10 years, new figures have revealed. Nielsen BookScan reports that a total of £83.3m worth of print books were sold in the run-up to Christmas, which marks the highest since 2007. It is also suggested that sales in the UK print book market last year were up for the second year in a row, The Book Seller reports.
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DMX Has Released an Official Cover of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
It's part of the 'Spotify Singles: Holiday' playlist, which also features tracks from Wolf Alice, Wyclef Jean and Rostam.
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Computer glitch leaves American Airlines without any pilots for Christmas
A computer glitch has allowed all of American Airlines’ pilots to take vacation during the week of Christmas, according to ABC and Reuters. The error could leave thousands of planes grounded during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. Citing the union that represents pilots, Reuters reports that over 15,000 planes currently lack pilot assignments in December. “On Friday, management disclosed a failure within the pilot schedule bidding system,” the Allied Pilots Association said in a statement.
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We should thank Melania Trump for spotlighting the joy of Scary Christmas
People around the world have long embraced the spooky side of the holiday season. By Jenni Avins. (Nov. 29, 2017)
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The growing German trend for meat-free Christmas markets
Cliches about sausage-munching Germans are a thing of the past. These days everything has to be "bio". So is it a surprise that vegan Christmas markets are on the up? A customer's curiosity has been piqued. "The beans there, what's that?" he asks. Sometimes the offerings in the vegetarian-vegan "dining room" at Munich's Winter-Tollwood Christmas market need a bit of explanation.
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This plane is drawing a giant Christmas tree in the sky
Who said flying is a drag? One bold and inspired pilot brought seasonal joy to the world by drawing a giant Christmas tree in the sky on a flight path over Germany while doing a test flight of an Airbus A380 aircraft for Emirates.
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Texas woman wakes up to yard decorated with Christmas lights
One family in Stone Oak woke up to a Christmas surprise on Wednesday. “My head was spinning,” said Eli Mackel. “I really want to know who did this for us.” We normally hear reports of people stealing Christmas decorations from outside homes, but on Wednesday the opposite occurred. “Just something you don't expect -- to have your house decorated for Christmas,” said Mackel.
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Student Whose 3DS Was Stolen Is Given A Replacement By His Schoolmates
Losing something precious is never a pleasant thing, but losing it at Christmas is especially heartbreaking, and that's what happened to Antioch High School student Shawn Hawkins. His beloved 3DS XL was stolen, and he wrote messages on the school's notice board begging for it to be returned. Trouble by his obvious distress, one of his fellow schoolmates decided to raise the cash to replace the lost console...
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The profane origins of 'Merry Christmas'
It’s the most wonderful fight of the year: the annual tussle between Christians who bravely defend “Merry Christmas” and the godless liberals who want to impose “Happy Holidays” on all of us. Or so the story goes on talk radio. But while President Trump promises to restore “Merry Christmas” to American life, those who insist on using the phrase as a sort of flag for conservative Christian culture misunderstand its history. Rather than religious, its origins are secular and commercial, even profane.
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An inconvenient truth: Central Florida's role in civil-rights movement
The inconvenient truth of the matter is that the American civil-rights movement began in 1951, in Brevard County, with the assassination of Harry and Harriet Moore on Christmas Day.
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Australia Day back in political spotlight as Greens vow to push for date change
Richard Di Natale says party will campaign to move celebration from 26 January and some Labor MPs say there is a need for conversation
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The Other St. Patrick’s Day: The Surprising History of St. Patrick’s Wife
Sheelah’s Day is a documented tradition, but whether she existed is another story.
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A Forgotten Tradition: May Basket Day
For at least a century or so, April flowers led to showers of May baskets on the front-door knobs of American homes. By Linton Weeks.
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Five Small Ways to Make the Holidays Less Stressful On Your Warehouse
Here’s five things you can do to make the holidays less stressful for your entire warehouse, and how they might be able to help going forward.
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Why I Won't Be Taking Part In Elf On The Shelf - Soph-obsessed
It's not that I want to be mean but there are a few good reasons why I won't be starting the Elf on the Shelf tradition this year.
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Principal bans candy canes because 'J' shape stands for Jesus
A school principal has been placed on leave after banning certain Christmas decorations, including candy canes because they're shaped like the letter 'J," which stands for Jesus. The principal also banned anything red or green in classrooms because they're the colors of Christmas.
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Kid Rock pays off $81,000 worth of layaways at Nashville Walmart
Kid Rock gave the Nashville Walmart store about $81,000 to pay off 350 layaway accounts.
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