SWAZILAND - An unusual "astral" event occurred in Swaziland when a group of 50 women tried to 'moon' Prince Maguga, King Mswati III's brother. The women were attempting to rally fellow countrymen to protest against what they claimed was a brutal and autocratic government. The King and Prince's uncle, Ncutfu Mongomezulu, said that their bare bottoms is a potent curse on his nephews, adding that they would need to cleanse them using an African root to remove the magic. He also threatened to use a potion to send the women into a deep sleep.
LAKELAND, Florida - Getting a nick or a scratch at the barber is a risk everybody faces, but Charles Gibson was not expecting to have his thumb bitten off when he sat down to have his hair cut by Charles Smith. "He looked all hyped up like he was high," said Gibson, "I told him, 'That's OK, I'll get my hair cut by somebody else.' That's when he revolted." When Gibson refused to pay $5 for the haircut Smith attacked him with a razor and then chewed his thumb off. Doctors were unable to reattach Gibson's right thumb.
In Italy they have no Christmas trees, instead they decorate small wooden pyramids with fruit.
In Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, it is customary for the streets to be blocked off on Christmas eve so that the people can roller-skate to church.
An artificial spider and web are often included in the decorations on Ukrainian Christmas trees. A spider web found on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck.
It is a British Christmas tradition that a wish made while mixing the Christmas pudding will come true only if the ingredients are stirred in a clockwise direction.
A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.
Sending red Christmas cards to anyone in Japan constitutes bad etiquette, since funeral notices there are customarily printed in red.
In Norway on Christmas Eve, all the brooms in the house are hidden because long ago it was believed that witches and mischievous spirits came out on Christmas Eve and would steal their brooms for riding.
PITTSBURGH - What exactly do you do with 12 Drummers Drumming, Eleven Pipers Piping, Ten Lords a Leaping, Nine Ladies Dancing and the rest of the gifts mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas?" One may have the opportunity to find out by going online to purchase the items. But be warned, the price has gone up since last year according to PNC Bank of Pittsburgh, which has surveyed the prices of these infamous gifts since 1984. And for the first time, the annual report includes what all that would cost if purchased online. According to PNC, buying just one of each of the gifts
mentioned would be 1.8 percent higher than in 1999, up from $14.940.17 to $15,210.22, unless you go online, where it'll run $23,103.14.
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