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People's Christmas Cards This Year Are Just As 2020 As You'd Expect

Huffingtonpost.co.uk 

Who even needs Christmas when soon there'll be a NEW YEAR?

Families are celebrating the end of 2020 with Christmas cards and letters that are fitting for this train-wreck lap around the sun (or as one man called it, the “longest decade in history”).

Despite the ongoing pandemic, the people of Twitter managed to find some holiday cheer by using their Christmas cards to unite against their common enemy: 2020.

Here are some of the best efforts rounded up by Twitter.

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Trump Jr. to campaign with Perdue in Georgia

TheHill.com 

Donald Trump Jr. will campaign for incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) in Georgia this weekend ahead of the Senate runoffs next month.President Trump's eldest son will hold a "Defend the Majority" rally...



Green Tech HS to hold Toys for Tots toy giveaway

News10.com 

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - On Saturday, Dec. 19, Green Tech High Charter School will host its annual Toys for Tots giveaway with the help of Omega Phi Psi Fraternity, Inc. The toy drive will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The school and fraternity say they will distribute over 3,000 toys to children [...]

Explorers Add Trio of Arms, One a Familiar Face

Our Sports Central: American Association 

Sioux City, IA - The Sioux City Explorers today announced the signings of RHP Nate Gercken, RHP Daniel Hrbek and RHP Max Kuhns.The 2021 season wil... - AA Sioux City Explorers

How to keep the bike boom from fizzling out

The Verge 

Illustration by Grayson Blackmon

This year, millions of people turned to bicycles as a safe and socially distanced way to get out of their homes, shake off that cabin fever, and get some fresh air, and suddenly — thanks to COVID — bikes were in. But unless concerted efforts are made to ensure people can continue to cycle safely and in great numbers, all those bikes may soon be gathering dust.

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Meet the Other B-29 To Drop an Atomic Bomb on Japan

The National Interest 

Peter Suciu

Security,

The B-29 bomber has remained so controversial that there were protests when it was put on display at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Here's What You Need to Remember: The Bockscar is largely forgotten even though it carried the second atomic bomb—Fat Man—which was dropped on Nagasaki days after the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

The Enola Gay is remembered today as being the aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan nearly seventy-five years ago... Читать дальше...

A concert with a difference

Times of Malta 

COVID-19 proved no match for Helen Keller Resource Centre students on Friday who defied the virus and presented their annual Christmas concert - online. All students put their special abilities to good use and their five productions - one for each class - were recorded throughout the school, with bubbles being respected.  Productions included the Angel’s visit to Mary and a modern take on Mary’s visit to Elizabeth. Students watched the productions of other classes online, as did those who could not be at school because of their vulnerability. Читать дальше...


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