A satiric intrepretation by the Star's Theo Moudakis:

From Don Martin's Dec. 21 column in the N-P:

Bored reporters sprawled across chairs inside the drafty 24 Sussex Drive solarium with only the family's attention-craving, aptly named cat Fluffy for company.

Stephen Harper, his face coated with television makeup, was running more than an hour behind schedule in his parade of year-end interviews.

It's a pre-Christmas ritual between journalists scrambling to extract a news scoop during their 10 minutes of face time and a prime minister equally determined to control his message. There will be many, many pages of Stephen Says journalism today as the embargo is lifted and "exclusive" stories from dozens of interviews pour into the news hole.

The notable exception will be CBC Radio, which was denied a chat with the Prime Minister because his office wouldn't approve Kathleen Petty, host of The House weekly politics show, as a worthy interviewer. Outrageous, if you ask me.

Forbes.com's Matthew Kirhady looks at Santa's positives and negatives as a 21st century business leader.

From AP:

Art Conrad has an issue with the commercialism of Christmas, and his protest has gone way beyond just shunning the malls or turning off his television. The Bremerton resident nailed Santa Claus to a 15-foot crucifix in front of his house.

"Santa has been perverted from who he started out to be," Conrad said. "Now he's the person being used by corporations to get us to buy more stuff."

A photo of the crucified Santa adorns his Christmas cards, with the message "Santa died for your MasterCard."

Eight U.S. journalism school deans criticize this week's F.C.C. ruling allowing the ownership of newspapers and TV stations in the same market, saying it will hurt local public affairs broadcast journalism.