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Lots of People Already Crashed Their Brand New Drones This Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2017  in Drones, onetime, Time

With gifts given and Christmas Day drawing to a close, drone expert Faine Greenwood is taking up a different kind of holiday tradition: rounding up all the spectacular drone crashes and accidents that take place mere hours after the airborne presents are unwrapped.

Greenwood, an assistant researcher in the signal program on human security and technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, is compiling some of the best drone accident tweets of the day, and tagging them #DroneCrashmas. The mishaps are as frequent as they are varied, with drones falling victim to everything from 30-miles-per-hour gusts of wind to bodies of water to trees to innocent bystanders.

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Jennifer Lawrence Spent Her Christmas Eve with Children’s Hospital Patients

Posted on December 25, 2017  in celebrities, onetime, Time

Jennifer Lawrence spent her Christmas Eve spreading holiday cheer to patients at Norton Children’s Hospital, in her hometown of Louisville, Ky.

The hospital posted photos of the movie star posing with hospital patients and staff on Sunday, writing that the visit has “become a tradition for Lawrence each Christmas.”

“Thank you, Jennifer! You sure do bring a smile to us all!” the hospital added.

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People Across the Country Are Celebrating a White Christmas Today

Posted on December 25, 2017  in onetime, Time, Weather

All that dreaming must have paid off: Many parts of the U.S. are celebrating a white Christmas today.

Large swaths of the Northeast woke up to a Christmas snowstorm on Monday morning, with some parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut and New York reporting an inch of snow per hour, according to the Weather Channel. Maine’s Cumberland County, meanwhile, got hammered with 3.7 inches per hour late on Christmas morning.

The Weather Channel adds that the Boston and Pittsburgh areas got even more unique Christmas weather: thundersnow.

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‘We Wish You Joy and Peace.’ See the Obamas’ Festive Holiday Photo

Posted on December 25, 2017  in Barack Obama, onetime, Time

Former President Barack Obama posted a photo of his family celebrating Christmas on Monday morning, and the internet is getting emotional.

In the photo, Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama are posing in front of a giant Christmas tree surrounded by a crew of young “elves” and plenty of ornately wrapped gifts.

“On behalf of the Obama family, Merry Christmas! We wish you joy and peace this holiday season,” Obama wrote in the caption. The photo may have been taken on a previous Christmas.

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‘MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!’ President Trump, First Lady Share Holiday Greetings

Posted on December 25, 2017  in Donald Trump, onetime, Time

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wished “America and the entire world” a merry Christmas in a holiday address posted on Twitter on Monday.

“In the season of joy, we spend time with our families. We renew the bonds of love and goodwill between our citizens. And most importantly, we celebrate the miracle of Christmas,” President Trump says in the video, before quoting from the Book of Isaiah.

Melania Trump used the address to praise Americans coming together to support the troops, their neighbors and their communities during the holiday season.

“At this time of year,” Melania Trump says, “we see the best of America and the soul of the American people.”

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