The Basilisk Station anti Chirstmas committee is organising a vote to nominate the tackiest neighbourhood polluting christmas decoration. So get yourself a certain number of bottles, and some food, and come to celebrate the dullness of chistmas on Saturday, Dec 7, at Basilisk Station, from 8pm onwards. Utterly tasteless decorations are welcome. No carols or Rick Astley will be played. Promise! Disclaimer: None of these houses is Basilisk Station!!!

Ho ho Hoeeeeeeeeegarden!

The Times, Dec 3: Firefighters are on strike. The population takes extra measures to ensure theirs and their neighbours' safety. Fire incidents are in the overwhelming majority due to mishandling of domestic electrical devices. Live coverage, click here Meanwhile, the government expressed worries that Al Qaida might commit another terrorist attack on British citizens

Cambridge Weekly news, Dec 2002: "A 12-year old was convicted of murder after his younger sister Kimberley, a mother-of-two aged 11, was found dead, hung to Christmas decorations off a tree. The two brothers who attacked a convenience store off Newmarket Road have appeared in court. The number of cases of vandalism is inversely proportional to the outside temperature. Next week, the weather is going to be *$£&^%@@*. Next week, the streets are going to be safer....

500W for 8 hours a day, for 14 days. That would be enough to purify a year's worth of water for a family in Ethiopia where the famine has a stranglehold on 15 million people. Live coverage, click here

The Times, Dec 15: The government's claims that an attack might be imminent were reinforced as they discovered that the US Air force had bombed Santa Claus, thinking they had bombed Osama Bin Laden. The government officials didn't mention the word terrorist. Live coverage, click here