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Entertainer mesmerizes Christmas light fans

Despite the responsibilities of being a husband, the father of four young daughters, and putting on his “Comedy Hypnosis” show six nights a week, for the past seven years Marc Savard has produced the mesmerizing display. For some in the community, it has become a beloved tradition and has even earned its own Facebook page with a YouTube video shot from the sky: www.facebook.com/houseonrobindale.

12 best things to buy after Christmas

Many after Christmas sales offer shoppers big-time discounts as retailers try to make room for a new year of inventory — but you have to know what to buy. Here are some of the best items you can get for less after Christmas.

Christmas in North Korea: Lights and trees, but devoid of Jesus

If Santa Claus stops in North Korea this year, he’ll find some trees and lights and might even hear a Christmas song or two. But he won’t encounter even a hint of what Christmas actually means — not under a regime that sees foreign religion a very real threat.

Plan ahead for a fun snow day at Mount Charleston

Look west from the Las Vegas Valley these days and you’ll see winter has arrived: Mount Charleston has snow.

 
In Christmas message, Pope Francis laments children in war, poverty

Pope Francis urged Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus by thinking about the plight of today’s children, bemoaning how some must escape bombs or flee in migrant boats and how others are prevented from being born at all.