“Christmas” on The Daily Caller

As temperatures drop, so do the clothes of some of the Santa’s hottest little Hollywood helpers. (more)

Rep. Joe Walsh, an Illinois Republican, and Rep. Mike Ross, an Arkansas Democrat, are trying to overturn a rule that forbids the use of “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Hanukkah” in taxpayer-funded congressional correspondence. (more)

Always imaginative, the ACLU’s elves are finding new ways to step on Christmas, which they seem to regard as about as important in America as, oh, churches. (more)

Q. What do you call a group of Bobby Fischer fans bragging about their opening gambits in a hotel lobby? (more)

Thursday — just 10 days before Christmas, and 4 days left to order gifts in time — holiday shoppers were not able to “Proceed to Checkout” when attempting to complete their purchases on Amazon. Angered shoppers took to Twitter to vent their frustration. (more)

Let’s face it — Christmas is all about the children, so grown-ups are going to be stuck watching kid-friendly flicks like Miracle on 34th Street for the thousandth time. (more)

Hours after their fellow soldier stepped on an improvised explosive device and lost his leg, Army 1st Sgt. Edward Mosher saw Sgt. 1st Class Dennis Murray sitting alone in the war zone’s desolate moonlight. Murray, 38, felt responsible for the younger warrior’s devastating injury. (more)

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urged House Republicans to pass the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefit extensions to ensure that the American people “have a Christmas dinner that they can pay for with some level of comfort.” (more)

The Grinch and Frosty out of work this season? Elves “occupying” the North Pole? (more)

Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, declared Wednesday that there will be “no Christmas for Congress” if unemployment benefits are not extended. (more)

While chestnuts roast on an open fire and Jack Frost nips at your nose, the anticipation of Santa Claus coming to town may make it difficult to focus. While St. Nick’s hundreds of elves are hard at work making toys, good — and bad — boys and girls can get a little distracted. (more)

SAN FRANCISCO–Brick by brick, visitors to San Francisco’s Union Square are taking part in a fantastically geeky holiday treat: helping to build a 12-foot-tall, 10-foot-wide Santa Yoda. (more)

The taxman got an early Christmas present from the Obama administration this week with the approval of a new fee on all fresh Christmas trees. (more)

Up and down the East Coast, armies of emergency workers with plows and salt spreaders hit the streets this morning, as the snowstorm that caused mayhem in the South moved into the region and dumped more than a foot in some areas overnight. (more)

Just days after the National Enquirer reported that John Edwards proposed to his mistress, Rielle Hunter, People magazine, the Daily Beast, and ABC News are reporting that their sources say the engagement is merely a rumor. (more)

Author David Sedaris is a writer whose success story is one of the most unlikely you could imagine. CBS’ Serena Altschul reports:
David Sedaris, playing to a standing room only crowd at New York’s fabled Apollo Theater, is not a rock star, but don’t tell that to his fans. (more)

Several top U.S. retailers missed Wall Street’s high expectations for December sales as a paralyzing post-Christmas blizzard on the East Coast slowed what had been a two-month shopping spree. (more)

When I arrived in London last month, I was expecting to see hate-filled Muslim placards on the streets and purple-haired, pierced teens “shagging” in parks. But I saw none of it. Instead I saw a London that is still proud and strong — a little shabby but nonetheless well-kept. The Brits were friendly, engaging and, considering the high price of every single thing plus the coming of a backbreaking 20% VAT tax, positively cheerful. “Mustn’t grumble” was the phrase that seemed to epitomize them this Christmas. (more)

Family comes first to N.J. Governor Chris Christie, at least during the holidays. Both Christie and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno were out of state during “Snowpocalypse 2010,” the winter storm that blasted the East Coast in the days after Christmas. (more)

A 37-year-old man has been charged with desecrating the casket of an 11th-grader by reaching in and stealing two handheld video systems and three games. (more)