Rhys family's 'empty Christmas'
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The family of murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones say Christmas will be "empty" without the 11-year-old.
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By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK - There's a Yule duel brewing this Christmas day. Not one, but two separate versions of &quot;The Yule Log,&quot; one of television's oddest yet most heartwarming holiday habits, will beckon families as they open their gifts.
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URENA, Venezuela  - Together with his children and  his parents, Luis shares a cramped shack built of tin sheets,  wood and plastic bags on dirt lot where there is no water  supply, no transport and little work.
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The Band Aid hit Do They Know It&#39;s Christmas? is set to be re-recorded by Coldplay, Travis and The Darkness. This comes at the song&#39;s 20th anniversary.
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Comment is free: Mary Riddell: There is much hand-wringing over consumerism at Christmas. But poverty remains the real enemy
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Families of cancer patients may feel that regardless of medical opinion, the patient can will themselves to make it through Christmas.
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By Tyrone Richardson, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 10--The annual tradition at 6428 Deep Calm -- where the Colby family illuminated their corner property in Owen Brown with thousands of Christmas lights and eye-catching decorations -- has ceased.
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WHEN death visited a Mayo family this Christmas it brought heartbreak, but a big-hearted gesture from one of Ireland's brightest young singing talents helped to soothe the pain.
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FEASTERVILLE, Pa. - A man angry that he got no presents for Christmas burned down his parents' house early the next morning, police said.  Steven Murray, 21, was charged with arson and risking a catastrophe in the blaze that broke out early Sunday. No one was injured.
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Relatives of a south Wales man holidaying in Thailand hope for news, though he has not been in touch since Christmas Day.
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Looking for a vintage holiday treat? Try the 1972 television drama The House Without a Christmas Tree
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The parents of Madeleine McCann, who went missing in Portugal in May, told her: "Our only Christmas wish is for you to be back with us again" in a special message released Saturday.
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Exclusive 'Twas the night before Christmas...
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You officially less than two weeks until Christmas. Great.  Don't feel guilty if that totally bums you out. It's the gift-giving that makes single people hate this time of year.
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Any TV film with a cast including Susan Sarandon, Alan Arkin, Penelope Cruz and Robin Williams is worth a look. That certainly goes for "Noel," a multi-stranded holiday yarn that isn't afraid to tug at the heartstrings, but does it in often unexpected ways.
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A PENSIONER was forced to spend Christmas in hospital because his fire-damaged flat has still not been repaired.
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By Clovis News Journal, N.M.  Dec. 10--Today's focus: "Ms. P"  Household members: 5  Children: 3  Special circumstances: "Ms. P" said Christmas is a special time of the year, but it is hard because only one person in the house is employed.