How the Grinch stole China city's Christmas trees
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A Chinese city has beaten the Grinch at his own game, banning Christmas trees from shopping malls, restaurants and other public places because they pose a fire hazard, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Police have seized thousands of branches of an endangered Guatemalan scented fir species used for Christmas trees in a clampdown to protect it against extinction, police said on Tuesday.
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CINCINNATI - Two Christmas grinches were arrested Monday, accused of stabbing a 12-foot-tall inflatable Frosty the snowman with a screwdriver. The Hamilton County Sheriff's office said two 18-year-olds were charged with criminal damaging, and the investigation continues to snowball.
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Jaws dropped when Francis Kao, fresh  out of college, persuaded his father to transform the family's  highly profitable business making plastic Christmas trees into  a digital animation house.
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Clay Aiken has fond memories of holidays at home &#151; driving with a fake Christmas tree sticking through the back windows of his packed Honda Accord because his family waited too late to buy a real tree.
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WASHINGTON -- In Thailand, he persuaded Santas and toll booth operators to hand out condoms. Traffic police gave them away, too, which he called "Cops and Rubbers." And Buddhist monks blessed packets of the latex sheaths in ceremonies.
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FOXBOROUGH - It's akin to waking up on Christmas morning and discovering the present you've always dreamed of - but never dared to ask for - is under the tree.
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A Christmas tree carved from 30 tonnes of ice has been erected in Austria and officials hope it won't melt away during a record run of mild weather at the start of winter.
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THE OLD Christmas carolâs âlittle townâ is now a city larger than Charleston, and itâsa depressing place. Four years ago, more than 91,000 tourists visited in a year to see Bethlehemâs religious
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It's December 2005 and you're all set for Christmas in Vienna. You have your most fashionable cold-weather gear, right down to the red maple leaves embroidered on your jacket and backpack, to conceal your American citizenship from hostile denizens of Europe.
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SALT LAKE CITY - A woman was sent to jail for six months after failing to repay $56,134 to investors who were told they'd get rich with an invention that keeps outdoor Christmas lights hidden.
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By Mary Jo McTammany  Before the 1950s, folks in Orange Park had to go to Jacksonville to buy a Christmas tree or else traipse out into the woods and cut one down.  Longtime residents knew where to go  still and result in a carefully placed blast of buckshot.
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Security concerns at a city water plant are threatening a holiday tradition in which residents decorate a centuries-old oak.
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Unprecedented balmy temperatures at the start of Austria's winter have melted away a towering Christmas tree of ice a week after it went on display.
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If you get a holiday greeting e-mailed to you, be careful to check where it&#39;s from. There&#39;s a Christmas grinch making its way through cyberspace.
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WOODSTOCK, Ill. -- The ranch house here where Marc Moxon and his family live is a sparkling winter wonderland: trees garlanded in glittering lights, illuminated plastic penguins, polar bears and other characters dotting the lawn, even a reindeer-drawn sleigh on the roof.
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Excerpt from report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Illegal Local Government Construction Destroying China's Forests" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.