Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition!

If you are attending church over the Christmas period, beware - your fellow worshippers may be carrying more than their Christmas offering in their pocket. For some American congregations think Lara Croft as a role model, not Mother Theresa.

Read Bill Sledzik's article here.

How over-indulging at the Christmas table might impact your job

Should the management of a company make it their busienss to discourage obesity among their workers? Absolutely, according to Stephen Robinson. He argues that it is in the best interests of a company to promote a healthy lifestyle and the observance of those New Year resolutions. Read his article from Personnel Today here:

Airport impacted by Christmas Tree storm

While many US airports had to deal with the impact of winter snow storms this week, Seattle-Tacoma had an altogether different worry - that of their Christmas decorations and an angry Rabbi. It certainly tested their crisis management skills in an unexpected way.

To see the CNN coverage of the story, click here:

Does Santa exist? Does it matter?

Ah, the age old question. Well, here it is addressed by a wealth management magazine. Miracles do happen, it appears.

In the Fenton Report latest, Wendell Cayton presents a fascinating insight into the history and the impact of Father Christmas in all of his guises. Read his Christmas Crisis article here:

Crisis Briefs

Not even Santa Claus is safe as the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro celebrates the Christmas season. Drug traffickers in a Rio slum opened fire on a helicopter carrying a Santa to a children's party, apparently mistaking it for a police helicopter, police said on Tuesday. "They thought it was a police operation and started shooting. Luckily, nobody was hurt," a police official said.

The helicopter had to return to its base after the attack. Two bullet holes were found in its fuselage. Police said the pilot, contracted to take an actor dressed as Santa to the party in the Nova Mare slum, was flying over the neighbouring Vila Joao shantytown when it was fired upon on Sunday.

Santa later returned to Nova Mare by car to distribute Christmas presents. (Reuters)

And finally... a reputation crisis for Santa among the children of Canada. Canada's post office and police are trying to track down a "rogue elf" who wrote obscene letters to children on behalf of Santa Claus, a newspaper reported on Friday.

The Ottawa Citizen said at least 10 nasty letters had been delivered to little girls and boys in Ottawa who wrote to Santa this year care of the North Pole, which has a special H0H 0H0 Canadian postal code. Return letters from Santa are in fact written by an 11,000-strong army of Canada Post employees and volunteers.

"We firmly believe there is just one rogue elf out there," a Canada Post spokeswoman told the paper.

Canada Post's popular "Write to Santa" program -- which last year delivered more than a million letters to children in Canada and around the world -- has been shut down in Ottawa until the offender is caught. (Reuters Ottawa)