In 2008, disagreements over how one Santa Claus led a union of Kringles erupted in physical violence. The Santa Wars had begun.

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The red cape worn by Reeve in 1978's 'Superman: The Movie' broke a memorabilia record this week. Its original owner won it in a contest and paid only the price of a postcard.
Whether you know all the 'Last Christmas' lyrics or avoid the song at all costs, it’s worth seeing George Michael’s hair in 4K glory.
Gas pump card readers are less secure, and now criminals are using a new phishing scheme to hack the devices and commit fraud.
From big cats to tiny fish, the collection of animals named for Theodore Roosevelt is eclectic—just like our adventurous 26th president.
After thousands of 'penis fish,' or fat innkeeper worms, washed up on the shores of California, one aquarium decided to give people an up-close-and-personal look at the phallic annelid via livestream.
Waze is making driving safety even easier with a feature that shows you (and lets you report) dangerous and icy roads.
Instagram began getting rid of likes and comment counts on posts last month. If you can't stand the change, here's what you need to do to make the numbers visible again.
It might be what’s keeping the star-studded Christmas classic ‘Love Actually’ from being your family’s annual holiday movie...
There's no need to throw away a square of wrapping paper that's too small to fit your present. With some simple geometry, you can save yourself time and sanity when wrapping gifts.
Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize, which he clinched in part for brokering peace between Japan and Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. During his presidency, he also paved the way for the construction of the Panama Canal. He got
Between Tom Hooper’s ‘Cats’ movie and these masks, it’s been a big year for people who kind of wish they were cats.
If you don't want your flight home for the holidays to be delayed, these are the airports and airlines you should avoid.
Washington state will soon be home to the world’s first human composting facility. The process, which will cost about $5500, will turn a human body into one cubic yard of nutrient-rich soil.
'Urechis caupo' bears a striking resemblance to a specific part of male human anatomy, but the species is usually hidden underground. Something brought them to the surface.
Star Wars’s Han Solo got a good deal on the Millennium Falcon—unless you take the ship’s high insurance costs into consideration.
Public USB ports could be an easy way for hackers to steal your device’s passwords and other important data.
In the 35 years since its release, Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" has been covered by more than 300 artists in a variety of genres and become a staple of TV singing shows. Not bad for a song that Cohen's own record label hated.
In 1997, an episode of the 'Pokémon' animated series used a strobe-light effect during a battle sequence. Hundreds of viewers in Japan suffered seizures and other symptoms. More than two decades later, no one is exactly sure why.
The gig also comes with a private butler, five-course meals, coffee-inspired spa treatments, and more.
President Theodore Roosevelt was well-known as a conservationist, but that wasn't necessarily the reason there was no White House Christmas tree in 1902.
Ufologist Chris Rutkowski has donated his collection of 30,000 documents related to UFO sightings to the University of Manitoba in Canada.
If ‘Die Hard’ has taught us anything, it’s that sometimes the best Christmas movies aren’t necessarily even Christmas movies.
This year, the nonbinary pronoun "they" got a new dictionary definition and some high-profile endorsements.