By: Jordan Vetro

• The city of Beruit, Lebanon has braced itself for trouble as the current Hezballah leader has headed up a great deal of recent protest
• IN THE WORLD OF EVOLUTIONISM: A small chunk of meteorite at the University of Alberta is believed by many scientists to be the key to understanding the existence of life on earth.
• A man in Michigan is given a new hand after waiting 30 years for a transplant
• Liberal delegates were forced to cancel many appointments lately as many flights in the area have been delayed due to a rough stretch of freezing rain.
• Due to a constant loss of jobs, the Canadian unemployment rate is rising, to sit currently at 6.3%

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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

In 1931, the Coca-Cola Company commissioned Chicago illustrator Haddon Sundblom to develop the image of a human-like Santa Claus, based on the positive public response to a magazine advertisement for Coca-Cola depicting such a character that appeared in late 1930. Prior to Sundblom’s first rendition in 1931, people envisioned Santa Claus as leprechaun-like, or as a queer mixture of a gnome and a bishop. Over the next third of a century, Sundblom’s Santa would be embraced by the public worldwide, and become a holiday tradition.