LOVE it or loathe it, it鈥檚 that time of year again and the Net is awash with all things Christmassy.
There are a bunch of excellent Web pages: most of which have links to each other, and a good place to start is . It has lists of every kind of festive site, from assorted Santa鈥檚 grottos to multilingual festive greetings.
One link in particular sparked a minor fit of seasonal mirth in Netropolitan. At , you can send a message direct to the North Pole. But first you must fill in a short, slightly cryptic questionnaire: have you been a) A good little boy, b) A good little girl, or c) Other. Hmmm.
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If you鈥檝e only got e-mail facilities, you still have a whole batch of Santas to choose from. You can write to him at Santa@cris.com, santa@santaclaus.com, santa@netm.com or santa@idrcorp.com. Netropolitan makes no claim to know which one is the genuine Father Christmas. Will the real St Nick please stand up.
CHRISTMAS is a time for family get-togethers. Sadly, this means that many people find themselves stuck in a house for several days with people to whom they have nothing whatever to say. After all, you can choose your friends 鈥�
Mercifully, there is usually a bumper crop of Christmas movies to keep people entertained. Check out for a comprehensive listing courtesy of The Internet Movie Database. The site is hosted by Mississippi State University.
To find out more about your favourite film, a click on the title will take you to the relevant page of this brilliant archive of movie facts.
IF YOU are one of that miserable band who hate the whole thing, you will be pleased to know that a kindred spirit, Ebenezer Scrooge, appears on the Net in all his glory, with the full text of Charles Dickens鈥檚 A Christmas Carol available at .
Alternatively, you can find out from Dr Seuss how the Grinch stole Christmas on his wonderfully illustrated home page ().
NETROPOLITAN is at edit@news.newsci.ipc.co.uk. Put 鈥淣etropolitan鈥� in the subject line. And don鈥檛 forget to check out New 杏吧原创鈥檚 Planet Science at , where you will find all our favourite Web sites.
