Why Santa has more in common with Batman than the Easter Bunny
Hollywood and Coca-Cola might have created a single image of Santa Claus, but his character is still evolving to reflect…
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Ian Hislop’s Diary: Carolling with the Monkees, sherry with the vicar, and the true meaning of Christmas
’Tis the season for gift giving and – just like vaccinations – I am recommending everyone gets three Private Eye…
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Personal story: Christmas with my family’s therapist
Spending this much time with relatives is a fundamentally doomed exercise. Mine have developed a ritual to cope.
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Can the UK evade the winter lockdowns spreading across Europe?
Austria is in lockdown, Merkel wants tighter restrictions in Germany, the Netherlands has imposed a three-week partial lockdown and Belgium…
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Why we should celebrate Christmas early – this year of all years
The purpose of the festive season is to give all of society a break: my God, do we deserve one.
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I re-watched The Holiday and I have a lot of questions
44, to be precise.
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I’m not altogether sure Christmas dinner is a meal at all, let alone a real one; rather, it is the…
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