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Is it time to kill off Santa? Plus: Defending Mogwai's music; tell Amy Reiter that conservatives never suffer guilt!
Letters to the Editor
December 23, 1999
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Too many bags and too few bins make frequent flyers cry foul.
By Elliott Neal Hester
December 22, 1999
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A little cross-religious indulgence isn't going to damn anyone to an eternity in hell. Is it?
By Gentry Lane
December 22, 1999
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I can't help having myself a merry little Christmas.
By Amy Silverman
December 22, 1999
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Her time with us was short, but we will never forget the comely tan-and-white terrier.
By Mickey Rathbun
December 21, 1999
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As I see it, lying about Santa is like covering for a friend who's
having an affair with a jerk.
By Elizabeth Bobrick
December 16, 1999
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Two Buck Owens reissues imagine Christmas as a mostly secular holiday.
By Gary Kaufman
December 16, 1999
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Pour yourself a drink and forget the presents. December 25 offers plenty of other reasons to celebrate.
By Gentry Lane
December 15, 1999
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Why do makers of toys and computer games still practice segregation?
By Margot Mifflin
December 13, 1999
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What should you order online for Bill Clinton or Bill Gates, George W. Bush or Jesse Ventura?
By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
December 11, 1999
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Annual shopping-spree extravaganzas turn otherwise respectable journalists into shills for Santa Mammon.
By Jenn Shreve
November 19, 1999
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Our travel expert sends a 70-year-old, a golfer and two 4-year-olds on their way.
By Donald D. Groff
September 29, 1999
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Our expert offers info on Vietnam tours, Christmas condos in Hawaii and Puerto Rico's weather patterns.
By Donald D. Groff
June 3, 1999
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At Christmas in the Eternal City, a seeker of truth discovers that sometimes the
answer you don't get is the one you need. Zachary Karabell journeys to Rome at Christmas in a quest to find God -- and receives an unexpected reward.
By Zachary Karabell
December 23, 1998
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The appeal of My Twinn dolls is not that they let parents hang on to their kids' childhood. It's that they let kids hang on to their childhood.
By Joan Walsh
December 22, 1998
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A family visit to Nuremberg's Christkindlesmarkt -- the world's largest celebration of Christmas -- turns into a lesson for adults and children alike.
By Deanna Hodgin
December 17, 1998
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What if the biggest, hardest-to-find toy is the only thing in the whole world that will make your child really happy?
By Anne Morrow Sampson
December 2, 1998
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When can you actually demand money from an airline? Where can you find low-cost holiday fares? Christopher McGinnis knows.
By Dawn Mackeen
November 5, 1998
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Louis CasaBianca offers a poignant Christmas tale of two men, a boy and a caged falcon in Damascus, Syria.
By Louis Casabianca
December 23, 1997
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Though she once lambasted the ersatz holiday spirit of her Southern California childhood, expatriate Debra Ollivier thinks again after getting to know the ritual-heavy Christmas tradition in France.
By Debra Ollivier
December 22, 1997
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By Susie Bright
December 19, 1997
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The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer Chicken soup with matzo balls is a Hanukkah meal that Jews and gentiles alike will enjoy.
By Bob Blumer
December 19, 1997
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This holiday season, make time for getting sick.
By Kate Moses
December 16, 1997
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The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer Holiday party? These two delicious appetizers will have your guests singing 'Joy to the World' between mouthfulls
By Bob Blumer
December 12, 1997
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A Jew in China discovers the travails of life in a land where Westerner equals Christian.
By Joshua Cohen
December 9, 1997
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