Christmas is over - New year not here yet - so why are these going off tonight ?

Biggest thumbs down for Argos. Finally got the list of presents I should get for the youngest members of the extended family, with the message "you can get them all delivered from Argos". Pictures of the relevant webpages attached. So I started adding the items to my basket. Only 2 out of 5 were available for delivery. The others were click and collect only from 3 different stores. Why can't they do delivery on everything, I asked. My sister said, think they only deliver items that would be awkward to carry. Well I have all accept one present now and it was the two smallest items that were delivered.

Dodgy reviews on TripAdvisor could be artificially boosting hotel rankings, potentially misleading millions of travellers worldwide.

Our investigation found that TripAdvisor had failed to stop a flood of suspicious five-star reviews, including for a hotel in Cairo, once rated top in the city, and for a London Travelodge hotel.

TripAdvisor’s failure to take strong action against hotels that abuse the system risks misleading millions of travellers and potentially ruining their holidays.

More must be done to ensure information on its website is reliable so holidaymakers are no longer at risk of being duped.

Find out more about our investigation and what to look out for.

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/09/fake-tripadvisor-reviews-push-worlds-best-hotels-up-the-rankings/?utm_source=whichcouk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=supportersFReviews11091

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The Night of the Radishes (Noche de Los Rábanos) is an annual festival that takes place on December 23, several days before Christmas, in the Mexican city of Oaxaca. It is a competition that focuses on the carving of oversized radishes to create various scenes.

The roots of this unusual tradition can be traced back to the Spanish colonization of Mexico. The radish is native to Southeast Asia, and it was Spanish, particularly the friars, who introduced it to Mexico. Eventually it became a popular side dish and snack.

According to legend, the tradition of carving radishes into decorations was born in the mid-18th century. One year the radish crop was so abundant that part of it remained unharvested well into December. Shortly before Christmas, two monks pulled up some of these forgotten radishes and discovered that they were oversized and strangely shaped. The monks brought the radishes to the local Christmas marked held on December 23, where the misshapen vegetables attracted much attention.

Since wood carving was a popular occupation and pastime on Oaxaca, local farmers began to carve radishes into various figures in order to attract more customers at the annual Christmas market. Eventually radish figures became an indispensable attribute of the Christmas market and popular centerpieces for Christmas dinners. In 1897, the mayor of Oaxaca created the formal competition that has been held every year to this day.Today, the city has a portion of land specifically dedicated to the cultivation of radishes for the event. These radishes are heavily fertilized, treated with chemicals and left in the ground until mid-December to allow them to reach huge sizes (up to 50 cm long and 10 cm wide) and acquire unusual shapes. Of course, these radishes are virtually inedible and can only be used for carving.

The radishes are harvested on December 18 and distributed between registered contestants by the local authorities overseeing the competition. After that, the contestants have five days to figure out what they’re going to carve based on the shape of the radishes they’ve got. The actual carving and assembly of the scenes occurs in the morning and early afternoon of December 23, since radishes wilt and lose their shape really quickly and contestants can’t make their sculptures in advance. The competition lasts from late afternoon to early evening.

Every year, over 100 participants compete for prizes in various categories, attracting thousands of spectators. A lot of scenes created for the contest are related to religion (nativity scenes, veneration of saints) or local history, folklore, traditions and festivals, but this is not a requirement, and many contestants chose other themes.

The police say someone had their bank accounts emptied after they paid a taxi driver with a debit card. They had wanted to pay with their credit card, but taxi asked for another method because he didn’t want to pay the 4% visa fee.

Police advise that whenever you are asked to use a debit card instead of credit card for whatever reason, enter the wrong PIN. If it is a counterfeit machine it will pretend to process the payment and produce a receipt. Whereas an authentic machine will reject the PIN and request a “try again” message.

Help spread the word, as the police state this type of fraud is becoming increasingly prevalent.

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