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Japan's Laughing Buddha Hotei is merging into Santa Claus -- both are roly-poly sacred figures with a bag of gifts

As Christmas approaches, children in many parts of the world look forward to a visit from the potbellied Santa Claus, who comes down chimneys carrying a sackful of gifts over his shoulder. In Japan, some children also wait for Hotei, a jolly Japanese god with a rotund frame who carries…

The Conversation

Mum's plan to teach child a lesson with hidden Christmas gift branded 'mean'

A mum has caused a stir online after asking fellow parents if a plan to hide a child's Christmas gift until the evening and pretend Santa didn't bring it would be 'mean' or not

Daily Mirror

ITV Coronation Street's Alan Halsall shares how daughter tries to ruin his cover and why he's trying to top last Christmas

The Tyrone Dobbs actor revealed how nine-year-old daughter Sienna likes to wind her dad up

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Hephner the alpaca courts the long neck of the law

A curious occurrence turned heads at the ACT courts building this week.

The Canberra Times

10 Christmas film locations you can visit from Love Actually to Home Alone 2

How to track down some prime movie sites in the UK and US - and Northumberland also enjoys a share of the festive spotlight

Chronicle Live

Brendan O’Carroll has 'goosebumps' knowing Mrs Brown's Boys is a 'Christmas staple'

The BBC say there 35,000 requests for tickets for the filming of the live show and Agnes Brown star Brendan O’Carroll called it a 'buzz' that Mrs Brown's Boys has become a Christmas staple

Daily Mirror

Abandoned Christmas-themed town left to rot in the middle of the desert

Santa Claus, Arizona, in the US, was built by an ambitious estate agent who in vain envisaged turning this remote stretch of desert into a bustling Christmas-themed resort town

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Why should Santa be white or cis? The camp where anyone can learn to be Father Christmas

An Australian film-maker has followed three new Santas – one trans, one black and one disabled – as they learn the ropes, while their fellow Father Christmases adapt to the times

The Guardian - AU

The valley community that's filled its village with Christmas cheer in memory of lost loved ones

With a 30ft Christmas tree decorated with 'memory teardrops' for those no longer with us and a festive bus tour dedicated to one special resident, Cwmafan has embraced the Christmas spirit this year in a special way.

Wales Online

Tantrums to tinsel: why I love the curious and festive tradition of the Santa photo

In April 1995, my uncle secured a lucrative job in Saudi Arabia. He and my aunt left their home in suburban Sydney and relocated to a western compound (a residential gated community for expats) in Jeddah. My aunt shares stories of life under Saudi’s strict laws and how she craved…

The Conversation

The new films and shows out on Disney+ this weekend – December 9

Disney Plus has some great new content dropping in December

Manchester Evening News

Polish counter-terrorism police help Santa Claus

Santa Claus got some help from Polish counter-terrorism police on Saint Nicholas day as the officers absailed down from the roof of a children's hospital in the southern city of Rzeszow to deliver presents to patients.

Reuters

Raul Rosas Jr. explains important, unexpected sacrifices ahead of debut at UFC 282

Raul Rosas Jr. had to give up high school and hanging out with friends to make his UFC debut.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jay Perrin laughs at Raul Rosas Jr.’s plan to be UFC champ by 20: ‘And I want to be Santa Claus’

Jay Perrin, who fights Raul Rosas Jr. at UFC 282, has nothing against the 18-year-old but thinks people are only "enamored" with his age.

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Daily Record

A Place in the Sun's Jonnie Irwin shares adorable snaps from Santa trip with young son

The little one is all smiles and looks delighted to meet the man who'll be dropping his presents off on Christmas Day.

Inverse

Astronomers trace powerful gamma rays to a never-before-seen stellar phenomenon

The kilonova explosion may have been the result of a white dwarf-neutron star merger.

Liverpool Echo

Jonnie Irwin sends Christmas message alongside his family

Jonnie and his wife accompanied their youngest to meet Santa Claus

Daily Mirror

Britain's 'longest-serving Santa' celebrates 60th year of bringing Christmas magic to kids

Ray Hulse, 78, has been slipping into the red and white suit and dishing out presents since 1962 and has raised more than £50,000 for charity since taking up the festive job

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Wales Online

'I'm England's longest-serving Santa - I've been dressing up as Father Christmas for 60 years'

78-year-old Ray Hulse has never missed a single year - not even during Covid

Tribune News Service

Living with Children: Unpacking Santa-related discipline

OK, stop it! Enough already!

Los Angeles Times

How David Harbour went from 'anti-Christmas' guy to action hero Santa in 'Violent Night'

David Harbour wasn't always big on the holidays. Until the "Stranger Things" star had a family of his own, he says, the yuletide blues made him downright "anti-Christmas." Now the Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actor is embracing the spirit of the season in Universal's R-rated "Violent Night" as a Santa…

The Guardian - UK

Christmas past, Christmas present: how secular Britain found new ways to celebrate the season

The census shows the UK is now a minority Christian country – but inventive blends of the pagan and pious still bring us together in deep midwinter

Manchester Evening News

20+ grottos and places to see Santa in Greater Manchester this Christmas

There's no shortage of places to see the big man

Daily Record

Scotland warned over national Santa shortage this Christmas if new recruits don't come forward

Stuart Thompson, 66, from Dumfries and Galloway, wants to ensure children still have the opportunity to share their wish list and seasonal greetings with Santa despite the current scarcity at his Santa School.

Chicago Sun-Times

Christmas movie quiz: Which of these plots is real?

Some of the holiday story lines here are authentic, and some are as fake as snow in July. Can you spot the fakes?

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