Navigating by the stars caught on

Whether you're a believer or not, Christmas time generally brings people together (no wonder his suit's red) with a common belief in spirituality, family ties, or, in rest and relaxation.
It's also a slow news time. The usual mainstream names are on holiday, the B teams are on the job, and most news that runs is spin.


The news content varies between extremes, from the spectacularly mundane to the sickeningly surreal, as busy journos use horrifying bombing reports from overseas news wires, interstate and country police reports of tragic road accidents, and non-labour intensive sundry benign material gathered locally, such as flower shows and the first babies born on Christmas Day.


Overseas today, authorities in Palestine told the AFP record numbers of people have flocked from all over the world to Bethlehem to observe the traditional Christian Christmas beliefs.


AFP reported early this morning that bombers had targeted Christians in several cities worldwide and the Pope, who looks unnervingly like Darth Sidious, has tried to explain that Holy Land should be left whole, not holey.