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...kids have been especially nice this year, you might reward them with a trip to the Santa Claus Village, the self-proclaimed hometown of Father Christmas. It boasts several kid-friendly attractions, including a reindeer farm with sleigh rides, and Santa Park, a subterranean Disneyesque recreation of St. Nick's abode. (The big guy in the red suit is available for photo-ops.) The kids can even hand deliver their Christmas letters at Santa Claus' post office, which comes complete with a souvenir shop manned by elves. The experience is every bit as kitsch as it sounds, but your children...
...sister again when I went home for Thanksgiving. Once we had caught up on hometown gossip, we chatted a bit about college essays. As we talked, I remembered what one of my old writing teachers had said about application essays: “They’re essentially a good work of fiction.” Cynicism aside—he was talking more about flow and style than about fabrication—my teacher’s approach seems to be the difference between self-study as a way of expanding our views, and self-study that threatens...
...Hometown: Watertown...
...urges his star to “go hard” much like a sports coach. And this love for sports—for his hometown Mets and Jets in particular—is close to the core of Griffin’s being...
...remaining five hostages before Christmas. MEANWHILE IN SICILY ... He'll Get a Horse's Head A lawyer in Corleone wants the town's name to sleep with the fishes. Antonio Di Lorenzo has proposed changing the name - synonymous with the Mafia thanks to the Godfather and for being the hometown of real-life mob boss Bernardo Provenzano - to its original Cuor di Leone. Townsfolk are opposed; no comment yet from Provenzano, on the lam for 40 years...