Karl is trying to give us something to do over the holidays. Have fun with all these new games he made for you:

Holiday Sweets Word Search

Santa Claus Slider

Hanukkah Jigsaw Puzzle

Just to keep you up on what is happening in the world--in the long run you'll be happy you were kept in the know!

Right after the elections in November (the Democratic Party did very well, becoming the majority party--that means there are more Democrats than Republicans--in the Senate and the House of Representatives) President Bush said that his Secretary of Defense (Donald Rumsfeld) would be stepping down. The Secretary of Defense oversees the war in Iraq and things haven't been going well. So President Bush chose a new person to lead the war, Robert Gates. He starts his new job as Secretary of Defense today. Gates's last job was being the president of a university.

Who had the most goals in a season?

92. Wayne Gretzky, when he played for the Edmonton Oilers, 1981–82.

Great music on Daniel Radcliffe's playlist (the kid who plays Harry Potter). Here are the top three songs.

1. Hope There's Someone Antony and The Johnsons
2. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Arcade Fire Funeral
3. Man Ray The Futureheads

Check out  Rupert Grint's list as well, and the rest of Daniel's top ten.

Impress your friends and enemies with these amazing animal facts.

• A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.
• Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of the water. They frequently rise to the surface for air.
• A cockroach can live for up to a week without a head.
• An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.
• Amazon ants (red ants found in the western U.S.) steal the larvae of other ants to keep as slaves. The slave ants build homes for and feed the Amazon ants, who cannot do anything but fight. They depend completely on their slaves for survival.
• The hummingbird is the only bird that can hover and fly straight up, down, or backward!
• A leech is a worm that feeds on blood. It will pierce its victim's skin, fill itself with three to four times its own body weight in blood, and will not feed again for months. Leeches were once used by doctors to drain "bad blood" from sick patients.

Want more amazing animal facts?

Bart Simpson because he's the only person on the list who is not a real person!

Who in this group doesn't belong?

• George Bush
• Manny Ramirez
• David Ortiz
• Shawn White
• Bart Simpson
• Paul Pierce
• Justin Timberlake

Answer coming soon!!

Well, since my favorite Red Sox did not make even the playoffs this year I had to pick a team to follow through the post season and the St. Louis Cardinals were it! And they won baseball's World Series in five games. Excellent. I do love birds (I can fly as well) thus the Cardinals remained my favorite team.

And while I'm on the subject of baseball, did you know that the first World Series was played between Pittsburgh and Boston in 1903 and was a nine-game series. Boston won the series 5-3.

Oh, dear Boston . . .

Still looking for a Halloween costume? Be the Fact Monster! Print out one of our Fact Monster mask outlines, color and decorate the mask, and voila—you have this year's cool costume. We have easy to follow directions on our web site for the Fact Monster mask.

We'd love to see you trick or treating in your version of our friend, Fact Monster.