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A 72-year-old Briton taking part in a Santa Claus holiday gift-delivering event alleges he was attacked for caroling too loudly. Glen MacDonald alleged he and several other Tunbridge Wells Lions Club carolers were approached by an unidentified man, who suddenly attacked the senior citizen and broke his chest bone, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. This man came out shouting and swearing for us to be quiet and stop singing carols because we were too loud, he alleged. He knocked me down...
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- BCA Marketing Communications has won the biggest account of the holiday season, with Santa Claus choosing the agency to create his Christmas campaign. BCA's travel marketing expertise won Santa over. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/bcany/36393/ "This year, I want people to travel more," said Santa. "As the world's foremost frequent flyer, I can think of no finer gift - one that opens minds and provides...
A British elementary school told parents a teacher was disciplined for telling a rowdy class of 7-year-olds Santa Claus is a myth. Parents of students in the 25-pupil class at Blackshaw Lane Primary School in Royton, England, complained to school officials that their children came home in tears after a substitute teacher told the class: It's your parents who leave out presents on Christmas Day, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. School officials sent a letter home with students saying the...
A Secret Santa in Kansas is passing $100 bills to strangers on the street with only one catch -- they have to promise to pay if forward. The man dressed as Santa Claus and helpers dressed as elves handed out $100 bills Tuesday in Kansas City, Kan., to people at the Salvation Army Thrift Store, the Turner House Clinic for Children and the courthouse annex on State Avenue, KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Mo., reported Wednesday. Are you going to promise me? Are you going to pass it on? Santa was...
DALLAS, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Saint Nick doesn't have to be saintly for America to love him, according to a survey conducted by Blockbuster Inc. Movie lovers chose Tim Allen's portrayal in "The Santa Clause" as their favorite "nice" on-screen Santa. They chose Billy Bob Thornton's anti-Claus in "Bad Santa" as their favorite version of a less jolly old elf. The survey, conducted on blockbuster.com last month, asked movie lovers to choose their favorite naughty and nice...
LONDON, December 9 /PRNewswire/ -- - 1 in 10 Wear Santa Costume in Bedroom Says BeNaughty.com Survey More than one in five women has a secret Santa Claus fantasy, according to flirty dating website BeNaughty.com. Research by BeNaughty.com reveals that women find the chubby, bearded gift-giver very sexy indeed. More than 1,000 women were asked whether they fancied Santa Claus in the poll. "We can't decide whether it's the beard, the red suit or his obvious kind and...
Santa's Storybook Outlines 7 Steps to a Successful Business, Helping Others Bring Business Dreams to Life RIVERWOODS, Ill., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- www.toolkit.com - Business Owner's Toolkit, the total know-how for small businesses, is helping bring new business wishes to life this holiday season by telling the story of how Old St. Nick became the successful business owner, Santa Claus. The story of Nick becoming Santa Claus is chronicled in, Santa's Storybook: A Dream, A Wish and a World...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- As the legend goes, "he sees you when you are sleeping, and he knows when you're awake," but children visiting their local mall Santa aren't always convinced when Santa doesn't know their name, let alone if they've been naughty or nice. SantaSpeaking.com is providing a more modern approach to Santa this year that is proving to be more believable and magical for children: completely customized visits with Santa - - over the telephone. Parents are...
ATLANTA, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Year after year, children are baffled by the mystery of how Santa knows if they've been naughty or nice. Now, Ol' Saint Nick has let his secret "out of the bag" with the book, "The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition," available at select retail locations and at www.elfontheshelf.com. Writer Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell, both former teachers, teamed with award-winning illustrator Coe Steinwart to create this popular children's...
A public library in Oberlin, Ohio, has a holiday display that features a legless Santa Claus being pushed down the stairs by a sadistic Christmas tree. Conceptual artist Keith McGuckin, who created the Oberlin Public Library display, created a narrative to accompany the image that explains Santa's legs were destroyed by an alcohol-fueled incident involving power lines, and the tree pushing Saint Nick's wheelchair down a flight of stairs plans to visit a strip club with the money he took from...
