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“Assuming the paint can is full (roughly 10 pounds) and the rope is 10 feet long, Marv and Harry each take a roughly 2 kilo-newton hit to the face. That is easily enough to fracture multiple facial bones, and is probably going to knock you out cold. Also, I wouldn’t expect either of the Wet Bandits to walk away from this with all of their teeth.”
Can a man really be hit square in the face with a steam iron and walk away unfazed? What kind of permanent physical damage would a blow torch to the head really do? To answer these questions and officially dissolve Home Alone’s Hollywood magic, Lauren Hansen spoke with her friend Dr. Ryan St. Clair of the Weill Cornell Medical College.
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Americans eat, on average, more than 18 pounds of bacon per year. Even Christmas cannot escape our bacon obsession. Behold: Bacon flavored candy canes. These tasty treats are the perfect stocking stuffer for that bacon lover in your life, and let’s face: We all know someone who fits the bill.
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Cartoon of the day: A heartbreaking request
DAVID FITZSIMMONS © 2012 Cagle Cartoons
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Cartoon of the day: Adding to the wish list
DAVID FITZSIMMONS © 2012 Cagle Cartoons(Source: theweek.com)
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Bo Obama inspects the White House for the holidays
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The economy may still be floundering. But the Christmas tree business is booming. Americans will spend an estimated $3.4 billion on Christmas trees this year, the highest amount since 2007.
- 25 million -– Number of real Christmas trees Americans will buy this year
- $800 million — Estimated retail cost of those trees
- 10 million — Artificial trees Americans will buy this holiday season
- $2.6 billion — Estimated retail cost of those artificial trees
- 80 — Percent of all artificial trees that are manufactured in China
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Ignorance was bliss for these twins back in 2006. But just one year later, they were wise to Santa’s game. And by 2008, it was every little man for himself. More reader-submitted silly Santa photos here
PHOTO: Sarie Scully
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6-foot-tall Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots. 24-carat gold shoelaces. The pen that records while you write. The $6,400 luxury fish tank. Just a few of our recommended Christmas gifts for those who have everything
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Forget the dusty old box of Christmas lights in the attic. For some homeowners, holiday decorating is a competitive art form. This year, U.S. consumers are expected to spend a whopping $6 billion on decorations, the most in seven years. Here, a look at the most over-the-top Christmas displays over the last several years.
Drum roll please…
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The first “War on Christmas” was waged almost 400 years ago by our Puritan forefathers. The Pilgrims who came to America in 1620 were outraged by Christmas, partially because it did not originate as a Christian holiday. The upper classes in ancient Rome celebrated Dec. 25 as the birthday of the sun god Mithra. Beyond that, the Puritans considered it historically inaccurate to place the Messiah’s arrival on Dec. 25. They thought Jesus had been born sometime in September. They felt so strongly about the holiday that in New England, they banned Christmas celebrations entirely. Christmas Day was only formally declared a federal holiday in 1870.
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Christmas tree syndrome: A new study from State University of New York’s Upstate Medical University suggests that our beautiful, festive Christmas trees are actually making a lot of unsuspecting Christmas revelers ill, sometimes with dangerous, long-term health problems.
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Last chance to be in an amazing, awkward slideshow!
Send your awkward Santa photos to Facebook@TheWeek.com. Tell us who is in the picture and when it was taken. The only rule is that the photo has to belong to you or your family.
Let the awkwardness commence!
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So… this is kinda awkward.
Got any awkward Santa photos from your past? Send them to us! If they make the cut, we’ll include them in our upcoming awkward Santa photo slideshow!
The only rule is that the photo must belong to you or your family. Send submissions to facebook@theweek.com, along with your name, a quick description of who is in the picture, and when it was taken.
Needless to say, we can’t wait to see these.
