Hello Hacker

Hmmm … that doesn’t sound like a prepubescent female: The Japanese company that owns the Hello Kitty brand says it has fixed a security leak in an online fan site that compromised the personal information of 3.3 million users.

Poor Josh Duggar: First the Ashley Madison sex-site data breach, now this.

Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: There’s a ton of Christmas stuff on television today, including a 24-hour “A Christmas Story” marathon on TBS.

After 20 hours, viewers, delirious from lack of sleep, will hallucinate that the leg lamp has leaped off the table and is dancing across their living room floor.

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1955, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) began tracking Santa Claus’ location as he made his way from the North Pole with goodies on his sleigh.

Historical note: Santa and his reindeer have been forced to fly their sleigh under a flag of truce ever since Obummer declared the War on Christmas in 2009.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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