KURESSAARE, Estonia (Reuters) – Estonians have always headed to the forests in their thousands to cut down Christmas trees, but these days they will probably have a smartphone in their hands. The state forestry company of Estonia, a country where almost all go... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – In a change of scene, Santa Claus is donning flippers and a diving mask along with his traditional red-and-white outfit to scuba dive in a Paris aquarium as he teaches kids about global warming and climate issues during the festive season. Th... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Perennial chart-topper Ariana Grande has lost the race to top the British singles chart at Christmas – to a blogger who posts about fatherhood and sings about sausage rolls. LadBaby, whose real name is Mark Hoyle, recorded his version of Sta... More »
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The traditional nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square won’t be so traditional this year. For the first time, it is made of sand – 720 tons of it. For the past two weeks, Rich Varano, a professional sand artist, has been guiding three sc... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Architects swapped traditional building materials for sugar and spice to create an edible gingerbread city of the future at London’s V&A Museum, to show that urban planning can be fun, and tasty. The annual exhibition, which is put together ... More »
(Reuters) – An Air New Zealand advertisement released for the Christmas season this week takes a dig at U.S. President Donald Trump by portraying an American boy wearing a “Make Christmas Great Again” red cap being laughed at by other children on Santa’s “naug... More »
FILE PHOTO: Santas from Sweden (R) and Russia race on their sleighs pulled by reindeers during a competition in the Santa Claus Wintergames in northern Swedish town of Gallivare, November 20, 2005. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/File Photo STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swed... More »
Estonian police and Border Guard Board leading public order officer Sirle Loigo shows Christmas cards to be sent to drivers with five or more driving offences recorded during the year, in Tallinn, Estonia December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Janis Laizans TALLINN (Reute... More »
Tattoo artist, Wassim Razzouk, who is continuing his family’s tradition of inking Christian pilgrims with ancient tattoos, completes a tattoo on a customers arm at his studio in Jerusalem’s Old City November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A... More »
(Reuters) – British scientists have created what they believe is the world’s smallest Christmas card, a seasonal greeting so tiny that over 200 million of them could fit into a standard postage stamp. The card, created by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL)... More »
FILE PHOTO: Musician Liam Gallagher poses for a portrait while promoting his solo album “As You Were” in Santa Monica, California, U.S., July 25, 2017. Picture taken July 25. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Former Oasis front man Liam Galla... More »
A group of hardy Siberian residents stripped down to their bathing suits and Santa hats for a run and swim in Russia’s icy Lake Baikal to promote healthy living. More »
Competitors galloped and neighed through the streets of southeast London on Sunday in a pantomime horse race. More »
Will Smith arrives at the European Premiere of Collateral Beauty in London, Britain, December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Hannah McKay From hoping the world can “get it together” in 2017 to reminiscing about Christmases filled with food and gifts, celebrities sent holid... More »
A pinata representing U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as a devil burns during the traditional Burning of the Devil festival, ahead of Christmas in Guatemala City, Guatemala December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria Revelers in Guatemala set ablaze cardboard ... More »
A single red bulb decorates a scraggly Christmas tree following a ceremony in Reading, Pennsylvania with on December 7, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Makela The cash-strapped Pennsylvania city that was ridiculed and then praised in 2014 for its scrawny “Charlie Brown Chr... More »
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzanian officials will not be allowed to send out the usual government printed Christmas and New Year cards this year as part of belt-tightening measures by the new president. John Magufuli has implemented a series of austerity steps since bein... More »
