Christmas Links #23


Keely Hodgkinson voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year:
"Luke Littler secured second place, while Joe Root took third in the race for the prestigious award."

"From shops to events, people and more."

"As kids for generations have done, Landon Tennant looks longingly at a streamlined Lionel Santa Fe engine as it chugs around a tiny display with houses, mountains and bridges at TrainLand, a hobby shop on Long Island, New York."

"Knitted nativity figures including Mary, Joseph, a donkey and the angel Gabriel have been offering commuters "signs of the Christmas story" throughout December."

"Studio says ‘many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline’."

"How has Lapland, the northernmost region of Finland, become a global hub for the Christmas economy?"

"There are actually a lot of Christmas songs I like, if you can even believe. But there's way more that I find cloying and cutesy. "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer?" Run me over instead."

"A bold and controversial statue of a Christmas icon, blending adult undertones with playful humour, stands year-round in a traffic circle."

"From launching with an inexplicable Christmas show to wowing the public – and then being widely derided, the meta-cartoon changed TV for ever. Now, some say it’s back to its best."

"With a legacy that includes six UK No. 1 singles and millions of global sales, Sugababes’ vinyl-icon place in pop history is unshakable. Rolling Stone AU/NZ caught up with them ahead of their return to Australia."

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