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Track Santa's Progress

Brian Scott — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:58:27 +0000

Since 1955 NORAD has tracked Santa on his trip around the world. With over 1500 volunteers NORAD provides this all day service at no cost to the taxpayers. After a 5 year run with Google, NORAD chose this year to partner with Microsoft to keep up with the spike of visitors to the site. The [...]

Weird Moments From SantaCon 2012

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:35:37 +0000

This past Saturday, SantaCon took over New York City. For all of you unfamiliar with this classic American holiday, it's an entire day dedicated to dressing up like Santa Claus and getting a little crazy frolicking around with fellow Saint Nick look-a-likes. It's sort of like a massive Christmas flash mob that makes you feel like you're in a strange alternate universe, but it's actually totally awesome.

Mall Santa Takes Adorable Photo With Sleeping Baby

Emerald Catron — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:08:56 +0000

Here’s your daily dose of cute — Santa pretending to sleep for a picture with a sleeping baby. A family waited in a long line at the mall in Boise, Idaho, facing Christmastime shopping crowds, to get a picture of 8-month-old Kiptyn with the Santa there. After over 30 minutes of waiting, and right before [...]

Santa Quits Smoking in New Version of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'

Donald Deane — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:27:29 +0000

As a role model for kindness and generosity, you can't do much better than Santa. But let's face it -- he's not exactly the picture of health. If the jolly old elf can't bring himself to drop a few pounds, at least he's recently given up smoking.

12 Santas Caught in Weird Situations

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:08:09 +0000

With Christmas only two weeks away, Santa is a pretty busy guy these days. He has to double check all presents are made, organize final copies of the naughty and nice lists and do some last-minute reindeer grooming so they're in tip-top shape for Christmas. It's a stressful few weeks, but Santa's been doing it for like, hundreds of years, so he has the whole thing down pat.

Is Santa Claus a Republican or a Democrat? [POLL]

Jeff Easterling — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:10:15 +0000

I thought that once the presidential elections were done, folks would stop turning everything I post on Facebook into a political statement. They didn’t, and even poor Santa is not immune. So, we wanted to take it to our listeners… Is Santa a Republican or a Democrat? (I hate to tell you this, but I [...]

See Over 800 Santas Running in Germany

Emerald Catron — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:05:34 +0000

Roughly 800 people put on Santa costumes for the Fourth Annual Michendorf Santa Run in Michendorf, Germany. The race is sponsored by Laufclub Michendorf (which translated means Michendorf Running Club, imagine that) and is 10 kilometers long. You can't quite tell from these pictures, but it actually began snowing pretty hard during the race, which probably makes these the most Christmas-y photos ever. Enjoy!

Singing UPS Guy Is Modern Day Santa

Emerald Catron — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:25:29 +0000

Here's a nice UPS man singing a Christmas song about how he's basically a modern-day Santa. He actually makes a good point. Plus, he can sing. Our favorite part is at the end when he offers up the disclaimer that he wasn't slacking on the job, since he's on a scheduled break. It makes us want to order so many packages online,

Boy Sits On Santa's Lap, Realizes 13 Years Later It's His Father-In-Law

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:02:32 +0000

When Chris Burd was 13-years-old he went to the mall in Maplewood, Minn during Christmas time. He was with his three-year-old sister, and to appease her he also sat on the lap of the mall's Santa Claus and asked for gifts.

Fast forward 13 years. Chris had recently become engaged when he got a call from his mother who tells him she had made an interesting discovery while going through a batch of old pictures.

Grinchy Kindergarten Teacher Tells Students That Santa Isn't Real

Donald Deane — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:40:52 +0000

What's worse than a news anchor blabbing on live TV that Santa isn't real? How about a Texas kindergarten teacher revealing the terrible truth about Saint Nick to her entire class of five-year-olds? Yep, that actually happened.

12 Santas Who Might Be Drunk

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:59:31 +0000

Even though Santa has an awesome job, it can be super stressful at times. Sure he's a jolly ol' guy who gives out presents for a living, but when Christmas Eve rolls around, things can get really tricky. If you think about it, the guy has to pull off delivering like, millions and millions of presents to people all around the world, so of course Santa needs to relax a bit post-Christmas. You know-- hop in the jaccuzi, get a massage or down a couple dozen chocolate chip cookies while the elves give him a manicure.

However, there are times Santa goes a little overboard with this whole "relaxing" thing, and he knocks back a few too many drinks (and we're not talking about milk). Basically, the guy gets extra, extra tipsy. He ends up passing out on sidewalks, subways and even right next to the Christmas tree. Who know Saint Nick was such a party animal?

15 Kids Who'd Do Anything To Get Off Santa's Lap

Cameron Simcik — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:17:38 +0000

One of the best parts about the holiday season is when Santa comes to town for a visit. Every single year, he makes his rounds to American shopping malls so little kids (and adults-- we’re guilty) can have an up-close-and-personal gift-begging session with the guy. The whole thing is pretty impressive if you think abo

Real Life Grinch Gets Busted for Telling Kids Santa Doesn't Exist

Amanda Ferris — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 03:06:23 +0000

Bah, humbug! A Canadian Grinch ruined the annual holiday parade for dozens of children last Saturday. The intoxicated 24-year-old man, who hailed from Kingston, was arrested after police received a complaint. Parents informed authorities that this jerk ruined Christmas for their youngsters by walking up and down the parade lines and telling them that Santa Claus doesn't exist.

Santa Has a Beard Fail While Descending from Mall Ceiling

Donald Deane — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:07:27 +0000

In the U.K., Santa got his beard stuck while rappelling down from the ceiling of a mall and dangled there helplessly for half an hour until someone freed him. Old Saint Nick may be hundreds of years old, but he really needs to work on making an entrance.