Xmas Media Scavenger Hunt!

A great competition from the WELL's media conference: the Xmas Scavenger Hunt. Post
your replies with the Discuss link, below.

Everybody who has ever worked Christmas in a newsroom knows the drill: there
are certain standard news stories that run every year. For instance:

  • "Soldiers watched over the birthplace of the Prince of Peace…"
  • "The meanest thief in the world stole…"
  • "Members of the Jewish/Muslim/Sikh/whatever community demonstrated the true
    meaning of Christmas…"

  • "American forces on duty [someplace] celebrated…"
  • "Once again, a Salvation Army bellringer found a gold coin worth…"
  • "The total cost of all the gifts in The Twelve Days of Christmas increased
    by …"

You get the idea. Somebody probably writes those stories during a hot spell
in August.

So here's the game: find this year's version of these and other Christmas
cliche news stories and post the URL in this topic.

Discuss

(Thanks, johnross!)