The ever-endangered movie theater is making another strong bid for your IRL attendance in 2026. Many of the year’s most ...

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There are three well-known accounts of Christmas in the New Testament. We have St. John’s austerely metaphysical version ("The Word became flesh and dwelt among us."). And we have the more narratively ...

“St. Martin of Tours Dividing His Cloak with a Beggar,” by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290–1348). (Wikimedia Commons/Yale University Art Gallery) Together with Advent, the Christmas season is a time of year ...

There's nothing like than cozying up with a book in holiday pajamas, the glow of a Christmas tree and crackle of an roaring fire creating the perfect mood. To make the most of this peak reading ...

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Here are a few suggestions to freshen up your holiday playlist. Here are a few suggestions to freshen up your holiday playlist. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook If there is a weird version of Santa Claus that isn’t like anything else in movies, it came in ...