Good morning everybody. What a wonderful day. Merry Christmas to you. I hope you have a great day with family and friends, and you stuff yourself silly with food and good times.
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Two astronauts have stepped out for a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk, successfully wrapping up repairs on a cooling system at the International Space Station.
Americans Rick Mastracchio, 53, and Mike Hopkins, 44, floated outside the orbiting lab for seven-and-a-half hours to replace an ammonia pump whose internal control valve failed on December 11.
- ABC
Amateur comedians who satirised Dubai's 'youth culture' have been jailed for damaging the city's image.
Shezanne Cassim, 29, a Sri Lankan-born US citizen, and two Indians were jailed for a year over the video, which was alleged by the UAE’s state security court in Abu Dhabi to have endangered the image of the country.
They were also fined 10,000 UAE dirham ($3000) and ordered to be deported after completing their terms.
- The Age
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1. Which Chris is the lead vocalist for Coldplay?
2. What gruesome adjective was given to Mary I?
3. Which sci-fi movie was Harrison Ford’s first film?
4. Which creature has a name that means idle and lazy?
5. Where on a horse are its withers?
A one minute kiss burns 26 calories.
If today is your big day, happy birthday!
You share a birthday with Australian singers and twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso of The Veronicas and English scientist-mathematician Sir Isaac Newton.
1223 - St Francis of Assisi assembles one of the first nativity scenes, in Greccio, Italy.
1776 - George Washington crosses the Delaware for a surprise attack on the British.
1818 - The Christmas carol Silent Night is sung for first time in the Austrian village of Oberndorff.
1868 - US President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil War.
1897 - Italy cedes Kassala to Egypt.
1995 - Floods kill at least 124 people in eastern South Africa.
1996 - A tropical storm lashes the Pacific island of Borneo, killing at least 120 people.
2011 - The NT's Top End is lashed by Cyclone Grant's torrential rain and winds of 100km/h, but Darwin is spared as the cyclone weakens to a tropical storm within hours.
2012 - Pope Benedict XVI in his Christmas message calls for an end to the slaughter in Syria and for more meaningful negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis
Why does Santa have three gardens?
So he can ho-ho-ho!
What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus?
Claustrophobic
What Christmas song is hidden in this alphabet:
A B C D E F G H I J K M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z?
Noel (No "L")
Daily quiz answers
1. Chris Martin 2. Bloody 3. Star Wars 4. Sloth 5. Between its shoulders
