Will 154,000,000 Pieces of Plastic from Christmas Crackers in the UK Wind Up in the Ocean in a Single Year?
Here’s how the rumor about hundreds of millions of pieces of “crackers” becoming ocean plastic got started.
Here’s how the rumor about hundreds of millions of pieces of “crackers” becoming ocean plastic got started.
On February 24 2019, the Facebook page “Pictures in History” shared the following caption with the photograph seen above: A long forgotten Christmas tradition, women once used to beg their husbands for forgiveness from all of their wrongdoings and mistakes that they made throughout the year. Why did this tradition disappear?!? The post proved immediately popular, …
Christmas Tradition of Women Begging Their Husbands for Forgiveness? Read More »
Is the War on Christmas a holiday tradition in its own right?
On December 3 2018, a Facebook user named Danny Rice shared the following image and caption (archived here): Please pray for us our Toys For Tots storage container were broken into and our toys taken! We have over 1,500 families to serve on the 15th please pray The post appeared with only a photograph of …
Is a Facebook Post About Stolen ‘Toys for Tots’ Christmas Gifts Legitimate? Read More »
As people began to get ready for the holidays in November 2018, social media suddenly became aware of an odd little rumor that had evidently passed under the radar months before. Apparently William Shatner, an actor and performer who is perhaps best known for his years playing Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek …
Did William Shatner Record a Christmas Album With Iggy Pop and Henry Rollins? Read More »
A satire story was — as usual — mistaken as real by some readers who didn’t see the displayed disclaimers.
A satirical site played on common complaints about “holiday creep” for a story.
A viral video making the rounds doesn’t show offended Muslims attacking a Christmas tree — it shows an annual “tree plundering” celebration in Cairo.
“A General Mattis Christmas Story” tells the true tale of how Gen. James Mattis filled in for a young officer so the officer could spend Christmas with his family.
Has 5-year-old burn victim Safyre Terry asked strangers to send her Christmas cards?