Surfing Santas event has officially maxed out Cocoa Beach, FL; welcome to our confusing global future

This was the fifth year of “Surfing Santas,” an event down in Cocoa Beach, FL. It benefits Grind for Life, which is a really worthy cause. While there are other “Surfing Santa” events — like this one in Laguna Niguel… Continue Reading

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The origins of NORAD’s Santa Tracker

Here’s the NORAD Santa Tracker. Don’t get too excited just yet — it doesn’t really fire up for about six days (only logical). It’s been around since 1955, and from ’55 to about 1996, it was primarily done via a telephone… Continue Reading

Where did Christmas elves come from?

We’re coming up on two of the five biggest shopping mall weekends in the U.S. annually, and at this time of year, the whole Santa’s Workshop / Ms. Claus / elves thing is in full throttle at a lot of… Continue Reading