Call them North Pole dancers.

A Chicago strip club is getting into the Christmas spirit with a “Lap Dance for the Needy’’ event.

It’s offering a free lap dance to any patron who donates a new toy.

Last year, “Stripper Claus” collected five carloads of toys.

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What’s worse than driving along a road full of potholes?

Driving along a road filled with pot.

Cops in Eugene, Ore., were chasing suspects at 100 mph when someone in the car ripped open half-pound bags of marijuana and began flinging them out the window.

Despite limited visibility caused by the weed storm, the officers were able to catch and arrest two men.

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Guess who was there with the shepherds and wise men when Christ was born?

None other than Hugo Chavez, the wacky radical president of Venezuela.

The little-known fact came to light in Caracas, where a strange Nativity scene shows Chavez, wearing the red, blue and yellow colors of the Venezuelan flag, looking on.

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Save the environment — dress like a slob.

The government of Chile is asking men to forgo ties during the upcoming summer months.

Officials said it would reduce the use of air conditioning, cutting energy costs by 3 percent during the hottest Southern Hemisphere months, January to March.

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An uninvited visitor put his seal of approval on a New Zealand home.

The baby fur seal got into the home in the coastal community of Tauranga through a cat door flap and made his way to the kitchen.

“I thought I was hallucinating,’’ homeowner Annette Swoffer said when she spotted her guest, who jumped onto a sofa and snuggled in for the night.

Animal-control officers returned him to the wild.