Pilgrims, clergy come to Bethlehem for Christmas

Thousands of tourists, pilgrims and clergy converged on Bethlehem on Friday as the town of Jesus' birth prepared to celebrate Christmas Eve.

Boy Scout marching bands played in Manger Square, just outside the Church of the Nativity, which Christian tradition identifies as the site of Jesus' birth in a stable two millennia ago. Pilgrims lit candles inside, and Palestinian policemen deployed around the town to keep the peace.

"This is where Jesus Christ was born and walked the earth. So I just want to walk the same earth," said Mary Healy, a tourist from Independence, Missouri, who said she was in Bethlehem for the fourth time.

The Roman Catholic Church's top clergyman in the Holy Land arrived in Bethlehem in a traditional procession from Jerusalem just past midday. Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal was to celebrate Midnight Mass later at the church, the peak of the holiday's events in the town.

As he entered Bethlehem, Twal expressed his traditional wishes for "peace, love and unity among us."

But on an unseasonably warm winter day, when temperatures approached 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius), he added another wish to his list, "which is to ask God to send us rain and winter besides peace and justice and dignity for all."

The normally rainy autumn and winter season in the Holy Land has been warm and dry — raising fears that the water shortage plaguing the parched region could worsen next year.

The Kardashians Celebrate Christmas Eve

It’s no secret the Kardashians love to have a good time and we have the pics to prove it! Khloe Kardashian put up photos from her mom’s Christmas eve parties through the years and everyone looks so happy and festive, we wish we were invited!

“Every year my mom hosts a huge Christmas Eve party and all of our family and friends attend — it’s one of my favorite holiday traditions,” Khloe, 26, wrote on her blog Dec. 23.

Shahrukh’ Night in Bangladesh

December 9, 2010 Bollywood super star shahrukh khan Come in Bangladesh! Bangladeshi event management group Anter shobiz arran

Bollywood King

ge this shahrukh’s night. Chairman of this group Sopon Choudhuri says “there is everything ok that Shahrukh is arrive Dhaka in 9 December 2010 and 10 December is held this live show in a stadium and the next day, 11 December 2010, Shahrukh and her team will leave Dhaka. In this program, LCD projector, photo and King Khan Party is also held. With Shahrukh, many Bollywood super stars will also come. Bangladeshi people are waiting for Shaharukh! They are jolly celebrate this event and wants to go back home with some memorable topic.

Christmas Carols

Christmas carols are sung throughout the Christmas festive season all the way up to the New Year celebrations. Christmas carols relate to Jesus, the winter season, the festivities and the like. The hymns bring in a certain emotion in one when sung on ones own or in choir. The melody tends to fill ones spirit with great happiness and you could catch yourself smiling on your own at times simply listening or humming the tune!

Christmas carols heighten the flavour of the winters and somewhat garnish the festivities. No wonder we all await the seasons greetings and celebrations very eagerly.

It is difficult to segregate the best Christmas carols in particular. There are thousands of carols and hymns and somehow each one of them happen to be some or the other ones’ favourite. At the same time we could simply set aside the carols that are based on Christmas episodes including the birth of Jesus. The following episodes would be a keyhole to the huge rack of carols known to mankind:

    * The Star of Bethlehem
    * The journey and adoration of the Magi
    * The annunciation

Another collection of carols that could be grouped as the best Christmas carols would be those that are composed for the kids.

    * All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
    * I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
    * I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
    * Nuttin’ For Christmas
    * The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)
    * Monster’s Holiday
    * You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
    * Snoopy’s Christmas

A number of artists in their successful music careers have composed and sung a number of Christmas carols. Few tunes have been immortalized by them and they are more like Christmas anthems…remember ‘jingle bells’.
One of many such famed artists would be Jim Reeves. I know you are remembering your personal favourite now!

Retail chains today have redefined the concept of selling or displaying any music item. Are you wondering what music items could possibly mean? I’ll help you. With the advent of technology music today is not just confined to a black reel bound on two circular nodes.

Music today is in the air and you can listen to whatever you wish anywhere anytime. Thanks to the creation of the Compact Disc, ipod, walkman, MP3 players and so on.

If you are looking for free Christmas Carol music then you know which window to click. The fun part is; the internet today provides you with all the lyrics, the guitar and piano chords along with ideas in terms of harmonizing a song in a choir. Can you believe it?  Check with Google and Wikipedia!

For the other side of the world that is not much into technology…books could be your wonderland. There are umpteen numbers of books on Christmas carols and some of them have the notations printed alongside. So you might as well have your own collection of free Christmas carol music.

So make sure you have your own hymn book this year…just another feather on your Christmas hat!!

Jersey Shore Season Three!

Nicole Richie & Joel Madden Reportedly Getting Married Dec. 11!

What exciting news! Nicole Richie, 29, and Joel Madden, 31, are reportedly tying the knot Dec. 11 at Nicole’s father Lionel Richie’s house in a small “winter-themed” ceremony. “Nicole is obsessed with the season,” a source tells Us Weekly.

Preparations are already underway. On Dec. 3, the tables and chairs were delivered and more moving trucks were spotted at Lionel’s house Dec. 7.

“A stage is being built over the pool in the backyard so the guests will have more space to dance,” another source tells RadarOnline.com. “It’s kind of cool because people will be dancing on top of the water.”

Nicole even made a trip to NYC on Dec. 3 to be fitted for her Marchesa wedding gown.

“Nicole brought her stylist Simone Harouche with her,” an insider tells Us. “A lot of thought went into her dress — it was a priority for her.” “She’s deciding between two dresses: Marchesa and vintage Chanel,” adds another source.

Joel and Nicole have decided to keep the guest list tight. “Mindy [Weiss, the wedding planner] called all of the guests personally,” a friend of the couple tells Us.

“She didn’t invite a bunch of her celeb friends,” an insider explains to RadarOnline.com. “This has apparently upset a bunch of people.”

But certain stars like Christina Aguilera and Lindsay Lohan’s ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson will most likely be in attendance.

Nicole’s 2-year-old daughter Harlow will be the flower girl, and Lionel will escort Nicole down the aisle. Nicole’s best friend, Masha Gordon, will be her maid of honor and Joel’s twin brother, Benji Madden, will serve as best man.

We hope this big weekend goes perfectly for the bride and her groom. Congrats to Nicole and Joel on their big day!

Russell Brand 'wants to drink Katy Perry's breast milk'!

The funnyman made the comment at his show last night at London's Hackney Empire.

Brand was telling the audience about a former fling and new mum who used to let him drink her breast milk.

He quipped that his soon-to-be missus Perry 'doesn't mind'.

'She likes it which bodes well for the first pregnancy,' he added.
Brand also joked that he'd ditch his future wife for her pop rival Lady Gaga.

The comedian told the audience that he liked that Perry was 'sexy' and 'desirable to others'.

'Frankly, if she lost them I'd be on the phone to Lady Gaga,' he said.

The comment is sure to go down like a lead balloon with his soon-to-be missus, who has rubbished Gaga on Twitter in the past.

Perry took to the social networking site to slam Gaga's raunchy video for Alejandro, which saw the kooky singer involved in some intense bondage manoeuvres and gobbling rosary beads while dressed as a nun.

She tweeted: ‘Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.’

Brand's show was part of a promotional tour for My Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal - the follow-up to the comedian's first volume of memoirs.

In the first half, he read extracts from his new book before being interviewed on stage by old pal Jonathan Ross.

Gosselin Kids Ruin Christmas!

The little Gosselettes are a bunch of Grinches! The Gosselin kids have reportedly been getting into trouble at school because they’ve been telling their classmates that there’s no Santa Claus. With kids as young as 6 getting the bad news about Kris Kringle, RadarOnline reports that daddy Jon Gosselin, 33, has been getting a barrage of angry phone calls from furious parents.

“The kids don’t believe in Santa Claus, and they’re telling other kids at school that there is no Santa Claus,” a close friend of the family tells RadarOnline, who adds that Jon “has received many phone calls from parents because the kids actually told others that ‘your parents are lying to you’ causing them to get upset.”

An insider says Kate lied when she said the kids weren’t expelled from school. They were!

This is the latest in a long line of trouble that the Gosselin kids have been getting into at school. Kate Gosselin, 35, has denied that two of her children — sextuplets Colin and Alexis — were expelled from school, but did finally admit on The Today Show that the 6-year-olds “were having anger issues,” and that the pair have been removed from school by “mutual agreement” and are now working with private tutors.

Kate Gosselin tells her kids they won’t go to heaven!

No one is revealing which of the Gosselin kids spilled the beans on Santa, but after a family conference, the kids apparently agreed to keep a lid on the myth-busting. For now. “The kids are too smart at this point,” a family confidante told RadarOnline, “but they are sweet about it and go along with it… and the Easter Bunny too.”

Chynna Phillips tells HollyBaby: “Santa is a horrible lie!”

Even though they don’t believe in Santa, the kids will be having a happy holiday celebration with their parents. Jon gets to spend Christmas Even with his eight kids, while Kate gets them on Christmas Day. And they have a wish list for what they’re hoping to find under the tree, according to the insider: “one wants a scooter, the other wants a bike. They also want trucks and dolls and games.”

Victoria’s Secret’s Hot Bra And Panty

Kim Kardashian Curvy Hot Body

 Since she and her sisters descended upon the island of Manhattan, the middle Kardashian has proved that more is more. In a series of black dresses whose fabric is demonstrating exceptional qualities of elasticity

Happy Birthday Amanda Seyfried!

Happy birthday, Amanda Seyfried! We’ve all had a lot of ‘Big Love’ for you so far, but 2011 is the year both your career and your personal life get more of that in return. We’ll be seeing a lot more of you on the big screen; in fact, the next two years will see you making the transition from Big to Bigger. As for your personal life, expect turbulence throughout August and September, but bliss by the end of the year.

Miley Cyrus, Rihanna & More Cell Phone Sex Scandals!

Some people learn from history, but not these celebs! Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and a ton of other gorgeous stars have all made the same mistake — they’ve all posed naked for “private” cell phone photo shoots that have ALL ended up on the web. Seriously, why do so many of Hollywood’s biggest names keep ignoring the obvious? If you take a naked picture of yourself, it WILL get leaked — especially if you’re famous. So why do they keep doing it? Are they hoping to shake off a good-girl image? Do they just want more attention?

Regardless of why these celebs decided to pose for naughty cell photos, I think we can all agree that it’s NEVER a good idea

Mariah took four pregnancy tests !

Mariah Carey Tells Hubby Nick Cannon To Grow Up Because He’s Going To Be A Daddy!

Happy Birthday Britney Spears! You’re 29 Today!

Britney, you have have turned your whole life around!. Your career is on fire with your recent Glee episode, you are madly in love and and with the support of your family you’ve become a wonderful responsible mother to your two little boys! This year as your round out your twenties, the drama is long behind you so continue to focus on what’s important know that your fans continue to love and support you! Astrology.com has all the details.

Happy birthday, Britney Spears! How time flies … it seems like only yesterday you were the sweet, but troubled young lady who won our hearts. Thankfully, you still have our hearts, even if the following years haven’t brought a whole lot of sanity. The worst definitely appears to be behind you, though … the craziness of rebel planet Uranus is finally pulling out of range to stop messing with your public image and personal life.

Model Adriana Lima wearing $2 million fantasy bra!

Model Adriana Lima wearing $2 million fantasy bra by Damiani walks the runway during the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory on November 10, 2010 in New York City.