Christmas Eve Links #24

 
Plastic penguins, grotty grottos and grumpy elves: it’s not easy being a Santa impersonator:
"The pandemic has taken a toll on the festive season, and now many of my fellow Father Christmases are struggling."

"The cast and creator of Eve Of The Daleks reveal all about the episode, which will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 7pm on New Year’s Day 2022."

"Since 1994, Casa Magazines in Manhattan has carried almost 3,000 unique titles."

"Over the course of my career at The Washington Post, I’ve made a lot of graphics and animations."

"A total of 6,100 British servicemen and women will be deployed at home and overseas this festive season."

"It’s the first day of Christmas, and my true love sends me a partridge in a pear tree. But the tree and partridge arrive separately, weeks apart, and require assembly. I am missing many pieces. Visitors ask, “Is that supposed to be a tree?” I look away, ashamed."

"Fears that a disrupted supply chain could wreak havoc on the logistics industry over the holiday turned out to be wrong as many Americans ordered early and shopped in stores."

"After serving in Vietnam in 1967, Jim Steadman started selling Christmas trees to make some cash for skiing."

"Photographs from the 1950s and 1960s show how the city centre's most eclectic street looked during the festive holidays."

"Mark Gatiss turbocharged his career as a dramatist on Sherlock and Doctor Who, and last year delivered an acclaimed adaptation of Dracula."


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