Happy New Year! Did you know the South Pole gets moved each New Year’s Day? It’s true!




While poles get moved around in Antarctica, the British are planning another wacky festival. This weekend, it’s the Haxey Hood celebration, which looks extremely convoluted and probably also extremely fun.



In East Harlem, meanwhile, the annual Three Kings Day parade will get underway on Friday.



Back to the UK: the London Underground gets its own stamps!



And back over here: Propnomicon features an Amazon list of spooky goodness as an experiment.