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...countries and becomes a favorite holiday to observe, especially in Holland, where he is known as "Sinterklaas." Kids leave their shoes out in the hopes that he will bring them a present. Nicholas has perfected his ability to tell naughty from nice by this time: Good children get a toy or candy; bad children receive a switch (with which they can be beaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Santa Claus | 12/25/2008 | See Source »

...service wound to a close around noon, families swarmed across the red carpets to receive communion from white-robed priests. One cleric later donned a Santa mask and hat to pass out toy trucks and pink purses to a crowd of screaming children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas with Baghdad's Dwindling Christians | 12/25/2008 | See Source »

Hefner, Hugh •opinion of that the most shocking thing in new autobiography by was that time back in the late '70s when a sex toy was "almost swallowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

...couple are godparents to our kids and we to theirs?): they have two sets of twins, which makes this easier, but the rule in their house is that if birthdays are for getting, half birthdays are for giving. On their kids' half birthdays they go through their drawers and toy boxes, gathering up everything that's outgrown or underappreciated, and take it to the church or the Salvation Army. Then they come home and have a party with half a cake (as I said, easier with twins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Listen to the Kids | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

...Factory closures in the manufacturing regions of southern China are now a daily event, and local governments have stepped in to pay the wages of some workers left jobless after bosses have fled. Courts in the Guangdong province toy hub of Dongguan are reportedly working without days off to handle the crush of bankruptcies and unpaid wage cases. Demonstrations by terminated workers have spread fears of economic related social unrest, a key concern for the central government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Exports Unexpectedly Fall | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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