BUT CAN ELEPHANTS FLY? Santa Claus rode into town on an Asian elephant from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus to deliver toys Monday to a handful of Tampa Bay area children at the Florida State Fairgrounds outside Tampa, which serves as the circus's winter rehearsal grounds for the upcoming season. ...more

December 23, 2008

Santa Claus will roll into some neighborhoods a little bit early this year. ...more

December 20, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist played Santa Claus to state workers, who have gone two years without a cost-of-living pay raise, by giving them a holiday gift — two paid days off — as a token of appreciation. ...more

December 19, 2008

Santa Claus will roll into some neighborhoods a little bit early this year. On Saturday, he'll deliver skateboards to kids in the Perry Harvey Park area. To help out the fat man, volunteer elves — disguised as employees of Skatepark of Tampa and some former skaters — assembled the skateboards Thursday night. ...more

December 19, 2008

Santa Claus says he's added a New York City traffic agent to his naughty list after she gave him a ticket for double parking while delivering gifts to children. ...more

December 18, 2008

Once or twice in your lifetime you may be lucky enough to have a "perfect day." I had one of those days last Saturday, Dec. 13. ...more

December 17, 2008

Are hard times threatening your Christmas dinner? If so, Peru has the answer: guinea pigs. ...more

December 16, 2008

Man's best friend and other friendly pets are invited to join Santa Claus for a fundraiser benefitting the SPCA Suncoast Shelter, a nonprofit organization supported entirely through private donations. ...more

December 13, 2008

Hundreds of children in Highlands County will be opening gifts for Christmas thanks to the generosity of people contributing to toy drives. ...more

December 13, 2008

The Tampa Police Department and Tampa General Hospital teamed up to bring some early Christmas joy to patients at the Children's Medical Center on Friday. Santa Claus, in the form of Officer Jeff Kritz, arrived in a medical helicopter and then made his way from room to room, offering hugs and giving youngsters a chance to tell him what was on their wish list. ...more

December 13, 2008