Berlin faces Santa shortage as Christmas nears
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Berlin is facing an acute shortage of Santas four weeks from Christmas, the head of a Father Christmas placement agency said on Monday.
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In the ski town of Breckenridge, the holiday rush is for the slopes, not the shops. Residents can buy a Christmas tree, upscale clothing, boots or trendy cookware but will be hard-pressed to find an iPod along Main Street. Thing is, residents in the quaint Victorian-style resort about 100 miles west of Denver like it that way.
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With four days left before Christmas, retailers are still waiting for a holiday shopping blitz -- and beginning to worry they won't hit sales projections for the season.
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Road travellers may face delays on Christmas Eve as people prepare for a festive journey to or from home.
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With four days left before Christmas, retailers are still waiting for a holiday shopping blitz -- and beginning to worry they won&#39;t hit their sales projections for the season.
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VIENNA, Austria (AP &#151; St. Nick, nein! A ban on St. Nicholas at Vienna's kindergartens is taking some of the ho-ho-ho out of the holidays for tens of thousands of tots this year. And it's creating a political ruckus, with opposition parties accusing City Hall of kowtowing to a growing Muslim population by showing Europe's Santa the kindergarten door.
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Lifestyle: 24 December 2004, Friday. Bulgaria's state railway service inaugurated a special Santa Claus train Friday, to roll from capital Sofia to the coastal city of Burgas and back.
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A cancelled opera in Berlin provokes fresh skirmishes between artistic freedom and religious sensibilities
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A limited easing of security tensions raises hopes for a better Christmas.
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'Tis the season for little boys and girls to write Santa with their wish lists &#151; and the Postal Service has some tips to ensure those letters get to him.
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BERLIN, Dec 27 (IPS) - It has been a miserable month for the Brosowskys, a  German family in the small city of Marschacht.
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In a few weeks time families and tourists will flock to Frankfurt's old town centre for the annual Christmas fair in front of the town hall.
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Shopkeepers in Europe's biggest economy have a grin on their faces _ and not only because Santa is coming to town.Comment
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Santa Claus presents Christmas gifts to young patients in a pediatrics ward at Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam, Seoul, Monday after flying into town from the northern Finnish hamlet of Rovaniemi.
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Once upon a time, Germany's Christkind darted from house to house with traditional wooden toys for children on Christmas Eve. This year, it will be bringing a very special gift for the grown-ups.
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QUEDLINBURG, Germany  - The Christmas market in this medieval German town could be off a page in a children's picture book.
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Frankfurt, November 27: Once upon a time, Germany's Christkind darted from house to house with traditional wooden toys for children on Christmas Eve.