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Published: 12/23/10

Weird Christmas Custom: Spot the Pooping Peasant

By Monica Garske - AOL News

Holiday traditions such as wrapping gifts and eating fruitcake may suck, but nothing is crappier than a bizarre Christmas custom practiced in Spain. While a typical Nativity scene in most parts of the world usually includes figurines of baby Jesus, Joseph, Mary and their entourage of Wise Men and farm animals, folks in the Catalonia region of Spain add their own weird twist. If you look really closely at Christmas Nativities in Catalan cities like Barcelona or Tarragona, chances are you'll find a strange figurine of a man squatting and pooping somewhere in the manger. There's even a little ...

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Published: 12/15/10

'Tis The Season For Tacky Christmas Lights

By Monica Garske - AOL News

(Dec. 15) – As Clark Griswold taught us in the 1989 comedy "Christmas Vacation," the holidays wouldn't be the holidays without a few eyesores – namely in the form of really tacky Christmas lights. In the memorable Christmas movie, Chevy Chase's overzealous character puts up so many lights, the whole neighborhood blacks out. Today, many real-life decorators appear to be taking a cue from the Griswolds to create their own extreme Christmas displays – with or without the risk of a massive power outage. TackyLightTour.com Al Thompson's house in Glen Allen, Va., is ...

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Published: 04/22/10

Australian Cigarette Display Has US Smokers Burning

By David Moye - AOL News

(April 22) -- An anti-smoking art display in Sydney, Australia, financed by a pharmaceutical company has some American smokers burning mad. To raise awareness about the perils of smoking, the Australian branch of Pfizer recently funded an installation at Sydney's Martin Place featuring 219,000 imitation cigarettes under Plexiglas -- the amount that the average pack-a-day smoker puffs over a 30-year period. Dr. Peter Poggioli, head of communications for Pfizer Australia, said the fake cigarettes are made from paper, cotton wool, foil and talc. Greg Wood, AFP / Getty Images A woman places her ...

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Published: 12/1/08

Anti-Christmas Message in Washington State Capitol Holiday Display

By Mark Impomeni - Politics Daily

The State of Washington accepted an application from an atheist group, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, to place an anti-religion message as part of the state's official holiday display in the state capitol rotunda steps from a traditional nativity scene. The decision is the culmination of a three-year long battle in Washington over inclusiveness in holiday displays. In 2006, the Port of Seattle removed a Christmas tree from the Seattle-Tacoma airport after a local rabbi requested to add a menorah to honor Hanukkah. That same year, an Olympia real estate agent, Ron Wesselius, requested to ...

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