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These circumstances, including the date, led to Abdulmutallab being commonly nicknamed either the "Underwear bomber" [4] or "Christmas Day bomber" by American media outlets. It also could have been the worst plane crash in the history of Michigan beating out Northwest Airlines Flight 255 .
The 2009 North American Christmas blizzard was a powerful winter storm and severe weather event that affected the Midwestern United States, Great Plains, Southeastern United States, the Eastern Seaboard, and parts of Ontario.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Arabic: عمر فاروق عبد المطلب; also known as Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri; born 22 December 1986) popularly referred to as the "Underwear Bomber" or "Christmas Bomber", is a Nigerian terrorist who, at the age of 23, attempted to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253, en route ...
Since 2009, Christmas Day broadcasts of the NBA feature Mariah Carey in a music video singing "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "Oh Santa!" ("Oh Santa!" since 2010) The first telecast of an NBA game on Christmas Day dates back to the league's early years.
Two games were played each Christmas Day from 2004 to 2006, 2016 to 2017, and 2021 (and will do so again in 2024 ). In 2022 and 2023, three games were scheduled. Previously, the NFL had typically scheduled games on Christmas Day if it fell on a Saturday, Sunday, or Monday.
The official logo for the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade used from 2009 to 2013. The Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade is an American television special that airs on Christmas Day annually on ABC, airing live and taped, primarily inside the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, approximately one month prior to ...
25 December. On Christmas Day parts of Britain had a White Christmas for the first time since 2004 after snow fell in parts of Scotland, parts of northern and central England and north Wales. Many parts of northwestern Ireland had a white Christmas also, whilst freezing rain affected most other parts of the country.
Language. English. Budget. $175–200 million [2] [3] Box office. $325.3 million [4] Disney's A Christmas Carol (or simply A Christmas Carol) is a 2009 American animated Christmas film produced, written for the screen and directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries, [6] [7] [8] is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, [9] as well as culturally by many non-Christians, [1] [10] and forms an integral part of the holiday season surrounding it.
The December 2009 North American blizzard was a powerful nor'easter that formed over the Gulf of Mexico in December 2009, and became a major snowstorm that affected the East Coast of the United States and Canadian Atlantic provinces.