Italy toy store opens at 4 a.m. to help frantic mother (Reuters)
Reuters - An Italian toy store opened at 4 a.m. on Christmas morning to help a frantic mother whose gifts for her children had been stolen from a basement.
Archive for December, 2009
The secret of Xmas crackers — pull downwards (Reuters)
Reuters - A British department store has worked out a formula it says will make sure festive feasters are never again left holding the short end of a pulled cracker.
Ghana’s Mills spurns Christmas hampers on graft fears (Reuters)
Reuters - Ghana's President John Atta Mills is refusing to accept traditional Christmas gifts such as hampers this year because they may be efforts to corrupt him, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Antarctic expeditioners to have a truly white Christmas (Reuters)
Reuters - The closest Australian expeditioners to Antarctica will get to a nativity scene this Christmas is watching thousands of Adelie penguins tending to newly hatched youngsters.
Australian man turns Santa, gives away belongings (Reuters)
Reuters - An Australian man has embraced the spirit of the season, taking on the role of a real-life Santa and giving away his possessions as gifts for the second Christmas in a row.
Not again! Giant Swedish Christmas goat statue gets torched (Reuters)
Reuters - Arsonists set fire early on Wednesday to a giant straw statue of the Swedish Yule goat, a forerunner to Santa Claus in Sweden, defying security measures for a third year in a row.
Snoopy named top dog in pop culture (Reuters)
Reuters - The "Peanuts" comic strip character Snoopy was named the top dog in pop culture by the American Kennel Club on Tuesday as part of its 125th anniversary celebration, beating out a college sports mascot.
Ex-royal harpist released with strings.. (Reuters)
Reuters - A former British royal harpist, who performed at the wedding of Prince Charles, walked free from court on Tuesday after being given a community order for handling stolen goods and attempted fraud.
Man jailed for eating rare tiger (Reuters)
Reuters - A man who killed and ate what may have been the last wild Indochinese tiger in China was sentenced to 12 years in jail, local media reported on Tuesday.
Shop to swap unloved gifts for practical presents (Reuters)
Reuters - If your drawers are packed with the ghosts of Christmases past in the shape of unwanted gifts, a new Slovenian shop may be just the thing for you this year.