Christmas Related News, Stories & Artworks
Every Christmas, This Photographer Turns His Dog Into Different Animals
Photographer Peter Thorpe has a little tradition of creating Christmas cards, every holiday season, featuring his dogs as different animals in highly structured handmade scenes. He started this tradition 20 years ago with his dog Paddy, and now continues with Raggle. But it seems like...
World’s Biggest Human Christmas Tree
A new Guinness World Record has been set for the biggest human Christmas tree. 2,945 people gathered in the Plaza La Democracia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The previous record holder was Thailand, where 852 children formed a tree in 2013.
Terracotta Army Wearing Santa Hats Created Entirely Out of Chocolate
Chinese confectioners create miniature Terracotta army, wearing Santa hats, entirely out of chocolate. It took 10 days and 100kg of Belgian chocolate to shape these edible soldiers. The 300 warriors were crafted by bakers at Xi’an Shangri-La hotel in Xi’an city, capital of northwest China’s...
Fashion-Conscious Cow Modelling Her Custom-Fitted Christmas Jumper
A fashion-conscious cow got into the festive spirit by modelling her custom-fitted Christmas jumper – to help fight poverty in Africa. Charity ‘Send a Cow’ hopes to send 20,000 festive gifts this year to stricken African families living in seven sub-Saharan countries.
Christmas Tree Made of Trash
People arranged a Christmas tree made of trash in the typhoon-devastated village of Pinamitian, eastern Samar province, Philippines. via: wsj