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December 21, 2021
Liza Featherstone
Climate Change Is a Generational Conflict. That Means the Holidays Could Get Really Heated.
For young people, climate politics are understandably personal.
December 21, 2020
Mia Sato
The Empty Ethics of “Shop Small”
As economies crater in the pandemic recession, the call to buy “handmade” local goods has gained new force. It’s not that simple.
November 23, 2018
Alexis Papazoglou
Moral Holiday Shopping Is Harder Than You Think
Do any of us really control our purchasing choices and their implications these days?
December 7, 2015
Jason Guriel
Orson Welles’s Forgotten Christmas Classic
In ‘Mr. Arkadin,’ Welles wears a ghoulish Santa mask to a near-orgiastic holiday party.
December 7, 2015
Laura Marsh
Here’s why the White House needs 500 pounds of cookie dough.
November 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Hillary Clinton's holiday gift guide, like her campaign, has something for everybody.
April 6, 2015
Brian Beutler
Make the Confederacy’s Defeat a National Holiday
150 years ago this week, Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union. Let's celebrate it—every year.
December 24, 2014
Jesse Singal
The Psychological Trick to Only Remembering the Good Parts of the Holidays
April 15, 2014
Alice Robb
Do Jewish Men Postpone Death Until After Passover?
December 27, 2013
Paul Berman
Stop Hating Scrooge!
The 'Christmas Carol' curmudgeon is a forward-thinking liberal
December 19, 2013
Marc Tracy
Christmas Is the Greatest Jewish Holiday
Why I love Christmas—even though I don't celebrate it
December 18, 2013
Michael Schaffer
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Is a Terrible, Terrible Song
You know it's about bullying, right?
December 2, 2013
Marc Tracy
What to Say If Someone Wishes You ‘Merry Christmas’
November 26, 2013
Michael Schaffer
I’m Sick of Other Holidays, But I Still Love Thanksgiving
It's still inclusive and noncommercial. Be grateful.
November 26, 2013
Alice Robb
10 Holidays to Be Grateful You're Not Celebrating
You should give thanks it's not one of these depressing world holidays
November 26, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
My Holiday Plea: Stop Complaining About the Holidays
January 6, 1997
Jonathan Chait
Gift-Giving Is a Waste of Time and Money
December 31, 1990
James S. Henry
Why I Hate Christmas
The Grinch has it right.
July 4, 1970
Mary McGrory
The Fourth of July That Was

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