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Revision as of 15:30, 17 July 2023
Better Than News
Harry Potter and the Tower of Nakatomi is a 1988 American Christmas fantasy action film about a young wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) who is caught up in the takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper by the ruthless Professor Snape (Alan Rickman).
How The Mask Stole Christmas is an American superhero Christmas comedy film about a mischievous, solitary creature who thwarts corporate Christmas plans by stealing Christmas gifts and decorations from manufacturers before they can be shipped to retailers.
"My Good Vibrations" is a song by the Beach Boys and The Who.
Lux Fiat is a Vatican-Italian automobile manufacturer.
Neilly Dan was an American jazz-rock-country band comprising Neil Young, Walter Becker, and Donald Fagen.
Beyond Plausible
The Divine Invasion 2 is a 2022 science fiction theology film based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick.
In Other Words
Their Eyes Glazed Over is a mystery thriller novel in the Salty MacTavish Mystery series.
The Starlet Empress is a 1934 American historical drama film starring Catherine the Great as film star Marlene Dietrich.
Are You Sure
• ... that mathematician Johann Benedict Listing (25 July 1808 – 24 December 1882) introduced the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier?
• ... that Vera Rubin's's computation of Santa Claus' flight path unexpectedly revealed a new Gnomon algorithm function which computes the brightness of Rudolph the Reindeer's red nose?
Topic of the Day
Santa Claus
I wish you well on Christmas Eve. —Karl "Santa" Jones.
Bald Santa is a 2003 Christmas crime drama film about a New York police detective (Telly Savalas) who goes undercover as a department store Santa Claus in order to flush out a ruthless shoplifter (Billy Bob Thornton).
Sativa Claus, also known as Father Weed, Saint Highness, Saint Herb, Kris Kannabis, or simply Sativa, is a legendary plant originating in Western Christian culture which is said to bring gifts on Christmas Eve of dried flower buds and edibles to well-behaved adults, and either coal tar or nothing to naughty adults. He is said to accomplish this with the aid of Christmas elves, who grow the plants in his greenhouse at the North Pole, and flying reindeer who pull his sleigh through the air.
On Her Majesty's Secret Santa is a 1969 spy film about the grinch Blofeld (Telly Savalas), who threatens to destroy the world's entire stockpile of Christmas presents.
