Christmas

While the real Santa is a jolly old elf, some of his impostors who begin to pop up all around the non-frozen parts of the planet come Christmas time are a tad rough around the edges.

In fact, some of these mall jockeys and liquored-up revelers are downright sketchy. We’ve compiled a list of ten of these questionable Santas featured on the excellent Sketchy Santas blog so that folks with common decency and small children will know who to avoid this holiday season. Grab some expired egg nog and check them out below. 

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Most of us wouldn’t be caught dead in a garish Christmas sweater. But one woman in Vermont specializes in making ugly Christmas pullovers. As far as she’s concerned, the uglier the better.

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In a show of technological savvy, Pope Benedict XVI turned on a massive Christmas light display in the Italian town of Gubbio by using a Sony Android tablet. It’s a miracle…of technology!

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On Monday, Sgt. Jamee Gains, an Oklahoma National Guard soldier returning from Afghanistan, gave her family the best early Christmas present possible: herself.

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Santa's reindeers work their antlers off every Christmas, but the rest of God's creatures have got it so much easier. Whether they're household pets, zoo animals or endangered species just chilling in a preserve, the following eight animal videos illustrate just how much humans consider their furry and/or feathered friends a part of their families. Sure, you may

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The holiday season is synonymous with timeless, classic films like 'It’s A Wonderful Life,' 'Miracle on 34th Street' and 'Holiday Inn.' Even more recent favorites like “A Christmas Story,' 'Love, Actually' and 'Elf' instantly put us in the mood to cozy up to the fire and sip a cup of Yuletide cheer.

But you know what really gets our chestnuts roasting? The

These days, the Christmas season kicks into full swing right after Thanksgiving ends, but it looks like the majority of Americans aren’t particularly thrilled with spending an entire month celebrating the holiday.

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It’s December — have you started your holiday shopping yet?

If you’re the type of person who waits until the last minute you might be interested in this clip from ‘Late Night,’ where Jimmy Fallon gives us the pros and cons of Christmas shopping.

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Never been a fan of "Glee", and hearing this makes me hope the series gets canceled.

Next week will be the annual Christmas episode of the musical television show, and star Matthew Morrison, who also directed the episode, recently revealed the premise for the episode,

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Okay, so this isn’t really Kristen Stewart, star of the ‘Twilight’ series. But the fake Kristen Stewart in this funny sketch from the folks at Barely Political reminds us not to let the hustle and bustle of consumerism distract us from remembering the true meaning of Christmas.

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Just like my review of "Captain America", better late than never.  However, unlike "Captain America" where I just didn't get around to seeing it for a month, I made the conscious decision to wait to see this movie until we were full into the Christmas season.

Set 6 years after the events of "Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle" and "Har

Theresa Lynn Warner, 40, her 39-year-old fiancé, Christopher Damaio and Warner’s 17-year-old son were busted this week just outside Pittsburgh with a van full of shoplifted toys they planned to sell on eBay or elsewhere — $35,000 worth of loot in all. Ho-Ho-Holy holiday shopping list, that’s a lot of stolen merchandise!

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