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Take the imagination of your typical 5-year-old, add a physically impossible question about Santa’s job and what do you get? Pure magical answers. Did you ever wonder just how a big fat man in a red and white suit fits down a chimney? Does he drop straight down or perhaps use a ladder? And the biggest head-scratcher — how does …

They also provide the elves with aloha shirts. With creative twists, the Christmas traditions of Hawaii become surprises each year. This way, Santa wears aloha shirts and the Holiday dinner is a community luau with a kalua roast pig and Xmas leis.

It’s Christmas year-round in North Pole, Alaska—just 20 minutes away from Fairbanks. You’ll find candy canes painted on city streets and holiday parades in July. And at the hub of the festivities is Santa Claus House, a frontier general store and post office turned holiday shop. The postal tradition lives on—official Letters from Santa are postmarked from the North Pole …

U.S. stocks are on track to become the top investment in 2013, with the S&P 500 index on course to mark its best year since 1997. The S&P index has risen 29.5 percent on a total return basis since January as investors bet the U.S. economic recovery would accelerate, enabling the Federal Reserve to withdraw its monetary stimulus without disrupting …

A massive ice storm has hit Toronto, leaving roughly 250,000 without power and disrupting all streetcar service in the city and the Scarborough RT (as of 8:30 a.m.). Toronto hydro estimates up to a 72 hour wait for those currently without service, while the TTC has yet to determine when streetcars will once again return to the streets. Widespread delays …

An online ethical department store has launched underwear made from recycled pine tree prunings. The French-designed pants are ‘soft as silk’, according to Midlands-based Liv.co.uk. Dawn Foxall, from Liv.co.uk, said: “These are the pinnacle of French technology, delivered right where it matters. They won’t leave you pining for the old bloomers.

Rachel Washburn once carried pompoms. Now she carries an M4 carbine. The military brat who became an NFL cheerleader is today a first lieutenant in the United States Army. On Sunday, she was to be honored as a Hometown Hero by the Philadelphia Eagles, the team she cheered for from 2007 to 2009. The Bronze Star recipient served two tours …

The Exes star Kristen Johnston has revealed that she is suffering from Lupus Myelitis, a rare form of Lupus, that can often leave her “almost completely unable to move.” On Tuesday, the Emmy-winning actress posted a message to her Facebook page, saying “It’s time for me to be upfront with you about something that’s been going on with me.”

Katie Price was on a drip in hospital after she was admitted on Sunday morning. The businesswoman took to Twitter to reveal that she was receiving medical attention. The 35-year-old first mentioned that she was felling unwell on Wednesday.

If you cannot let go off your loved ones, then hold them. Literally! A Swiss firm helps you hold the dead… preciously, indeed! The firm specializes in transforming the remains of the dead into diamonds. A 55-year-old man in Italy who lost his son very young now holds him in his hand – in the form of a diamond, reported …

Pippa Middleton is set to tie the knot with her banking boyfriend, Nico Jackson, sources say. Pippa, who made a name for herself when she stepped out as bridesmaid at the royal wedding of her sister, Kate Middleton to Prince William in 2011, is due to get married next year. Nico reportedly popped the question to party planner Pippa during …