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Benedict Cumberbatch in "1917" (Universal Pictures)

"1917" is a ferociously intense war film

Gary M. Kramer

Sam Mendes' star-studded feature follows two soldiers on a suicide mission to save thousands of lives

Mufleta (Noah Fecks)

Serve this mufleta with butter and honey

To eat, peel away a layer of mufleta, add a smear of butter and a drizzle of honey and roll it into a cylinder

(Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

The allure of holiday windows

Paula Alaszkiewicz - The Conversation

The seductive power of holiday windows resonates in the French term for window-shopping: "lèche-vitrines"

Christmas lights in the American suburbs (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

There is (still) no "War on Christmas"

Matthew Rozsa

Henry Ford started it. And like absolutely nothing good ever, the modern War on Christmas began with Bill O'Reilly

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Food stylist: Anna Billingskog. Prop stylist: Amanda Widis. (Rocky Luten/Food52)

Granda Ruth's peanut butter–date balls

Miranda Rake - Food52

One writer reflects on her most essential holiday ritual.

Statues of the Virgin Mary (Getty Images/Peter Ptschelinzew)

The mystery of my missing Virgin Mary

Sonja Livingston

Buffalo is not the easiest place to track down a Virgin, but I was determined to find this specific statue

Donald Trump Christmas Ornament (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Fascism can't conquer Christmas

Chauncey DeVega

Trump and his followers have weaponized Christmas. But the true spirit of the holiday holds other possibilities

TY MECHAM (Ty Mecham)

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What do kids really think about Santa?

Jonathan Lane - The Conversation

oung children are captivated by the Santa Claus myth

Food stylist: Anna Billingskog. Prop stylist: Brooke Deonarine. (Rocky Luten/Food52)

Bread pudding with a twist for Christmas

Carlos C. Olaechea - Food52

When prepared like this, I can’t wait to have panetón on Christmas Eve.

Santa Claus in Los Angeles (Getty Images/iStock/Salon)

A hired Santa's Christmas in Los Angeles

Brad Griffith

As a struggling actor, I needed work. I’d done Shakespeare and a one-man "War and Peace." How hard could Santa be?

Dancers (Getty Images)

The last time I danced

Rachel Leah

Dance consumed my life for 25 years. But over a year ago, I performed for the last time

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John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (Jeffrey Neira/Netflix)

Mulaney's new special: Peculiar and good

Ashlie D. Stevens

Netflix gives the "Kid Gorgeous" comedian a family-friendly special full of talented kids & oddly gorgeous moments

(Noah Fecks)

The important food for the Jewish people

Alana Newhouse

On a list of foods judged for their Jewish significance, none is more important

Spiked Mint Milanos (Courtesy of Meghan McGarry)

You can still win the cookie swap

Joseph Neese

For this holiday cookie, pastry chef Meghan McGarry combines two favorite ingredients: Baileys and bright sprinkles

This artist’s impression shows the supergiant star Betelgeuse as it was revealed thanks to different state-of-the-art techniques on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which allowed two independent teams of astronomers to obtain the sharpest ever views of the supergiant star Betelgeuse. They show that the star has a vast plume of gas almost as large as our Solar System and a gigantic bubble boiling on its surface. These discoveries provide important clues to help explain how these mammoths shed material at such a tremendous rate. (ESO/L. Calçada)

Why Betelgeuse may go supernova

Shira Tarlo

Betelgeuse is so dim that Orion has lost his shoulder. If the star explodes, it will be as bright as the full moon

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Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the Chief of Staff Robert Blair (Getty Images)

Trump promotes aide who defied subpoena

Matthew Rozsa

Trump promotes Mulvaney aide Robert Blair as special representative for international telecommunications policy

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (AP/Bryan Woolston)

FBI probes Matt Bevin's pardons

Igor Derysh

Top Kentucky Democrat welcomes probe: We have to find out if ex-governor "abused and possibly sold" pardons

Photographs of the Berlin Wall coming down, Al Gore and George Bush's presidential debate, Barack Obama's Innauguration, and Donald Trump as US President (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

A new decade: A new hope?

Amanda Marcotte

Looking at the last three decades offers an encouraging lesson in how swiftly the tides of history can turn

Cats (Universal Pictures)

Box-office flop "Cats" gets a re-release

Matthew Rozsa

New special effects will be used in the new version of "Cats," which will just magnify the meow-velous trainwreck

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President Donald Trump; White House lawyer Don McGahn (Getty/AP/Salon)

Judiciary: House may impeach Trump again

Igor Derysh

House may impeach Trump a second time if court orders Don McGahn to testify to Congress, a Judiciary lawyer said

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference after the G-20 Summit on June 29, 2019 in Osaka, Japan. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Trade deal to worsen climate change

Rachel M. Cohen - In These Times

Climate advocates point to the growing problem of “outsourced” pollution

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) oversees a vote on the second articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in the House of Representatives at the United States Capitol on Wednesday December 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Did impeachment actually happen?

Andrew O'Hehir

Why was Trump's impeachment so unsatisfying? Because we're all lying to ourselves about it, and we know it

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The (failed) War on Terror's precursor

Danny Sjursen - TomDispatch.com

It was “progress” all the way then, too

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