Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 24, 2015
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Jingle Bells Jingle Bells On December 16, 1965, Jingle Bells became the first song broadcast from space- astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra performed it from the Gemini 6! Santa Claus would have visit 822 homes per second, traveling at 650 miles a second, in order to deliver all of his presents on Christmas eve! Iceland has 13 Santa alike gnomes called Yule lads, with names like Spoon-Licker, Meat Hook and Door Sniffer!
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
Incredible it has been 50 years since “Jingle Bells” was broadcasted on the Gemini 6. (Where are Tom and Wally now anyway?)
electricshadow Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I always ignored the Dutch, since their kids expect presents on the evening of Dec. 5th, and all the non-Christians who wouldn’t be expecting anything from a saint. Even so, that would be impossible.
lovelymajorhoople almost 9 years ago
i dont know about you -but im waiting up tonight to see what gifts im getting from Spoon licker Meat hook and Door sniffer
HinrikS almost 9 years ago
Not gnomes. The Yule Lads are of human stature, and their parents, Grýla and Leppalúði are trolls. They used to be used to frighten children, thus they have a rap sheet for stealing stuff and making loud noises in the night, and presumably eating their mothers signature Christmas dish, bad children. They were rehabilitated so to speak into their current job because it had become impossible to get children out of the house in December, out of fear of them, their mother or their cat, who eats children who don’t get new clothes for Christmas.
e.groves almost 9 years ago
Today if Jingle Bells was the first song played from space, some group would be up in arms because it wasn’t about the birth of Christ.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Those Gnomes make Krampus sound like a piker!
Ikemeister almost 9 years ago
So what’s BION trying to say? That Santa isn’t real?
sidetrack almost 9 years ago
What’s with the conditional tense? Think of the kids. The old boy’s really fast, OK?
ecrae almost 9 years ago
Everyone knows Santa stops time so he can take as long as he wants to get around!
CeeJay almost 9 years ago
I want to live in Iceland! Merry Christmas Meat Hook! Sounds like the Vikings came up with those names.
webbydog almost 9 years ago
so where’s mine
webbydog almost 9 years ago
then how big of a sleigh would have bee to carry all the presents
Dean almost 9 years ago
The speed of time is a function of the amount of gravity nearby. So perhaps Santa has a mini black hole in his pocket.-——-I personally don’t understand how, but that is what I have heard.
MJKesquire almost 9 years ago
MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!
Mariposamia almost 9 years ago
Well, Santa does travel that fast and make it to each home on Christmas Eve. He always has!!
Dewayne Hight almost 9 years ago
He knew Enstein’s theory of relativity a long time ago and works close to the speed of light
noreenklose almost 9 years ago
To all my friends on these comics boards:<img src=””width=”350”>
Thanks for my smiles all year, and here’s hoping for many more!May you have a happy, healthy, New Year.
vjwhet almost 9 years ago
The only obvious conclusion is—-Santa has invented time travel….. :)
dr_dolittle_rwc almost 9 years ago
Well, I’m so glad YOU talk like an adult…. “Shut up, shut up, shut up…” You’re so right, I must be REALLY stupid… Could you please help me understand why it is that, if someone has an opinion that you don’t agree with, that they are wrong, not you? And also, why then do you read the comment section, and doing the very same thing you disagree with???