Secularly speaking, Christmas is about three things: Engorging oneself at massive holiday dinners, sitting awkwardly with family members you only see annually, and the presents. Oh, yes, the wonderful, wonderful presents. (more)
The move came in response to dozens of attacks blamed on Boko Haram, an Islamist group that claims ties to al-Qaeda, most recently a wave of bombings over Christmas that killed nearly 50 people. (more)
LONDON (AP) — Hackers on Sunday claimed to have stolen a raft of e-mails and credit card data from U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor, promising it was just the start of a weeklong Christmas-inspired assault on a long list of targets. (more)
The war on Christmas has taken many forms, from substituting words in Christmas carols to banning expressions of the holiday, like nativity scenes and Christmas trees. National Review columnist Mark Steyn thinks this assault on Christmas is not only “nuts,” but that it demonstrates the Western world’s “institutional self-loathing.” (more)
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI issued pleas for peace to reign across the world during his traditional Christmas address Sunday, a call marred by Muslim extremists who bombed a Catholic church in Nigeria, striking after worshippers celebrated Mass. (more)
If the Senate were to play a game of “secret Santa,” what would Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey get for Majority Leader Harry Reid? (more)
Consumer advocate and four-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader is upset about the over-commercialization of Christmas. He is particularly disappointed that there are five NBA games scheduled for Dec. 25. (more)
It was the end of the day. The bloated bodies of the dead Vietnamese soldiers baked under the cruel equatorial sun and littered the jungle highland’s hillside surrounding Captain Larry’s position like rotting clumps of jellyfish spit up on a hot sandy beach. (more)
It’s official: Congressmen Joe Walsh, an Illinois Republican, and Mike Ross, an Arkansas Democrat, have saved Christmas. (more)
It’s a Christmas miracle: Scientists and clergymen agree. (more)
’Twas the night before the Holiday, when all through the White House,
Not a liberal was social networking — no one was clicking a mouse.
The Jimmy Choos were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that Newt Gingrinch soon would be there. (more)
Republican Reps. James Lankford of Oklahoma and Tom Reed of New York told The Daily Caller that they disagree with the Congressional Franking Office banning “Merry Christmas” in official mail — and wished TheDC’s readership a “Merry Christmas.” (more)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Southeast Asia is closer to the equator than the North Pole, but an electronics store in Vietnam is ringing in the holidays with a 15-foot Christmas tree made from more than 2500 unusable cellular phones. (more)
Christmas Eve is Saturday and shoppers, as usual, are fitting in some last-minute gift grabbing for their loved ones. The Daily Caller, a decidedly pro-Christmas news organization, found 10 hot technology gifts essential to winning the War on Christmas. (more)
UPPSALA, Sweden, Dec. 21 (UPI) — Police in Sweden said they arrested a pair of suspected Christmas tree thieves by following the trail they left in the snow by dragging the evergreens. (more)
NBC 10 Philadelphia is rushing to set up a live stream that will grant a Christmas wish from soldiers based in an isolated area of Afghanistan. (more)
Members of Congress are not allowed to use federal resources to send religious holiday greetings to their constituents, so Republican Rep. Scott Rigell decided to engage in some tongue-in-cheek disobedience, sending his constituents a holiday greetings video making fun of the fact that Hanukkah and Christmas had become offending terms. (more)
According to UNICEF, Santa is the 1 percent. (more)
Justin Bieber’s romance with Selena Gomez has already broken the hearts of his many female fans. Now, he may have ruined Christmas for everyone else (more)
