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Is the Elf on the Shelf a naughty or nice Christmas tradition?

Source: Toronto Star, Dec 10 2012, 7:37am CST

Is the newest Christmas “tradition” spoiling the magic of Christmas? Parents are deeply divided about the merits of the Elf on the Shelf , a popular children’s book and toy set. While some love the scout elf who watches over children and relays th ...

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Saved Flint City Hall Santa display picked up from Repocast for storage in 'a bunker at the North Pole'

Source: MLive.com  |   May 18 2013, 3:01pm CDT

FLINT, MI -- Some Flint residents had the Christmas spirit on Saturday afternoon, even if the holiday is months away. Melodee Mabbitt and a group of friends donned Christmas hats and went to Repocast in Flint to pick up the Santa Claus display that sh ...

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The Incredible Child: Support group for parents of special- needs children meets Tuesday at library

Source: Richmond Register  |   May 18 2013, 6:36am CDT

RICHMOND — Richmond now has a local chapter of The Incredible Child, a support group for families of children with all types of disabilities. The group will host the family-friendly event “Read to Me” from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at ...

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'I love it!' and other gift lies

Source: KnoxNews  |   May 17 2013, 6:13pm CDT

At some point — a wedding, Father’s Day, Christmas Day or birthday — we’ve all given and received the equivalent of the pink bunny suit that Ralphie is forced into in “A Christmas Story.” Kerry Patterson, co-author of the best ...

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City Room: After 45 Years, a Song of Pain Is a Song of Comfort

Source: The New York Times  |   May 17 2013, 2:48pm CDT

David Gonzalez/The New York Times Mitchell Kezin, maker of a documentary about offbeat Christmas songs, at a studio in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, last month as the Calypso star Mighty Sparrow recorded “The Little Bo ...

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Kidderminster town crier and his wife celebrate 50 years

Source: The Kidderminster Shuttle  |   May 17 2013, 1:40am CDT

KIDDERMINSTER’S town crier and his wife are celebrating 50 years of marriage after first meeting at a Christmas bazaar as teenagers. Jim Pearman, 73, and Barbara Pearman, 71, met after Mr Pearman reluctantly agreed to be Fath ...

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Hilda (from the kids' comic) as an 8" vinyl toy

Source: Boing Boing  |   May 16 2013, 8:05am CDT

The good people at London's Nobrow Press have done an 8" vinyl toy for the outstanding kids' comic Hilda, created by Luke Pearson (reviews: Book 0, Book 1; Book 2). The Hilda toy is grownup-collector-expensive, but it's also a very nice ...

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Saved Santa might not return to Flint City Hall rooftop

Source: MLive.com  |   May 15 2013, 5:20pm CDT

A large plastic figurine and a heavy sleigh for Santa Claus and four of his reindeer, which once adorned the rooftop of Flint City Hall, was sold at auction to a Flint resident.Jake May | MLive.com FLINT, MI – A group of Flint-area people might n ...

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Christmas in July with John Denver and the Muppets

Source: The Retroist  |   May 15 2013, 12:16pm CDT

I ran across this vinyl gem in a thrift store for a buck last weekend and had to pick it up! Unlike the Retroist, I didn’t own this record as a kid. I did, however, hear it multiple times each year around t ...

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$1,330 bid good for Santa, 4 reindeer in Flint

Source: San Francisco Chronicle  |   May 15 2013, 6:42am CDT

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A bid of $1,330 was good enough to grab a Santa Claus, sleigh and four reindeer that once brought holiday cheer from atop the Flint City Hall. The cash-strapped city's finances are being run by a state ...

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