The Holidays
Kielbasa Jesus Reveals Man’s Place in the Cosmos
A Calgary man says he saw the Nativity scene in his sausage pastry. This is not surprising.
The Best Ingredient for Enjoying Oysters Is Snow
Dive into those oysters like Jacques Cousteau pursuing a narwhal, like Don Draper searching for his soul. Eat them unencumbered by thought. Eat them outside in the snow.
The True Story of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, the Tuxedoed Guitar Kings Who Made Christmas Rock
Alex Skolnick, Al Pitrelli, Russell Allan, and more explain how a group of heavy metal veterans created one of the biggest sensations in holiday music
At This Hotel in Tennessee, It's Christmas All Year Round
The Inn at Christmas Place spreads good cheer with boughs of holly and visits from Santa—every day, 365 days a year.
Things You Learn Working Retail During the Holidays
Christmastime turns an already-awful job into an actual nightmare.
The Founder of SantaCon Explains Why SantaCon Sucks
What started as a protest against holiday consumerism has turned into a shitshow in a Santa suit.
An In-Depth Analysis of Bob Dylan's 2015 Christmas Lights
For the first time in years, Bob Dylan upgraded his Christmas display. I found deeper meaning in every new string of lights.
Christmas Is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year to Be a Stripper
Strip clubs are an ideal place to spend the Christmas holidays, if you like the holidays enough to be around other people but not enough for a typical celebration.
Where Are All the Christmas-Themed Video Games?
Most holiday-themed titles are cheaply produced or downright weird, leaving us without a true video game equivalent of "A Christmas Carol" or "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."
My Quest to Find Deeper Meaning Behind the Christmas Lights on Bob Dylan's House
The single string of festive lights hung up at one of Bob Dylan's many homes has transfixed me for years.
Funeral Directors Share Morbid Stories About Death During the Holidays
"At midnight on Christmas Eve I was driving from LA to San Diego and back with 11 corpses. I was Santa Claus and they were my reindeer."