Christmas News

WITH a wave of her magic wand, Tyneside's very own Cinderella bathed the Toon in festive light.

South Carolina legislators plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

DEPTFORD - When tiny Angelina Owens climbed onto Santa's lap at the Deptford Mall on Thursday, she might have whispered, "I want Elmo Tickle Hands." And Santa, lowering his gleaming white beard to her ear, might have whispered back, 'I want the H1N1 vaccine.' Santas across the country are urging the federal government to consider them a high-risk ...

Police in the Kankakee County town of Herscher say they are looking for someone who might be described as a home-invading Christmas elf.

Polk County health officials said Thursday that they have no plans to vaccinate Santa Claus for the H1N1 flu virus.

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Mariah Carey's demands to have 20 white kittens at a Christmas lights switch-on have been blocked by health and safety officials.

Christmas revellers are being told they do not need to splash the cash on expensive Champagne this year after supermarket own brands performed well in a taste test for a leading consumer guide.

Thousands of starry-eyed children all over the world are writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season, but they'll not likely to get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular effort begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to ...

If you were going to commit a robbery, would you videotape it? Well, two teens thought it was a good idea and now that moment of genius has landed them behind bars.

Santa Claus at Southgate Centre checks his list twice: tissue, throat spray, hand sanitizer and a spare set of white gloves.

Sorry, last-minute shoppers: The amazing holiday travel deals you scored at the 11th hour in 2008 won't be so easy to find this year.

The Nazi Party tried their best to remove Christ from Christmas by paganising carols, producing glittering swastika, iron cross and toy grenade baubles for the fir tree, research for a new exhibition has found.

Deborah Martin stars as a photographer who moves with her husband and son into a home with a dark past.

Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids.

A 23-year-old Kilkenny man has been sentenced to life in prison by the Central Criminal Court for the murders of a young mother and her two daughters last Christmas morning.

A brighter star will shine over the little town of Bethlehem this Christmas. Leaders in the Barrow County city -- which draws people who want the Biblical postmark on their Christmas cards -- nearly have finished building a replacement luminary in time for a 2009 debut.

An inquiry is to be launched after a crowd surge at a city centre Christmas concert left scores of people injured, a council said.

DEAR AMY: For 23 years I was married to a woman who would share a Christmas Eve only with her side of the family, never mine.

Hallmarks of the approaching holidays are often expressed with mailboxes stuffed with advertising circulars, catalogues and Christmas cards. The disposable season is upon us. By reducing, reusing and recycling, you can diminish the amount of waste created by the holidays. Tons of boxes, wrapping paper and other non-biodegradable items clog landfills as well as raise demand for petroleum-based plastic items that are abundant during the next few months. Here are ten ways to have a green holiday.