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They’re already thinking of Christmas (Park Hills Daily Journal)

The St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department has already raised $18,000 for its Shop With a Cop program.

Newton Masons donate to St. Nick’s Christmas Club (Newton Daily News)

Santa Claus visited Newton a little early this year to help out a local organization that has been working for two decades to make Christmas bright for local tots.

PART V: Christmas Joy, but Unhappy New Year When Deployment Extension News Trickles Out (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Christmas Day arrived — and for two 1st Brigade Combat Team soldiers, there was a gift like no other: their very survival. Sgt. J.R. Salzman had arrived at Walter Reed Army Medical Center hours earlier, days after being critically injured in a roadside bomb in Iraq.

PART V: Joy Over Survival, Tears at Exte (AP via Yahoo! News)

Christmas Day arrived — and for two 1st Brigade Combat Team soldiers, there was a gift like no other: their very survival.

Brunstrom to go by Christmas 2009 (BBC News)

The chief constable of North Wales Police will retire by Christmas 2009, to "go sailing".

Bond event is lined up for Christmas (The Scotsman)

A GLAMOROUS James Bond party is to be held at Murrayfield Stadium.

Country stars duet with Elvis on Christmas CD (The Pantagraph)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Thanks to technology, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride and LeAnn Rimes will be among the country stars performing with the king of rock ‘n’ roll on “Elvis Presley Christmas Duets.”