Disney Disney finally fixes a bad decision made on The Muppet Christmas Carol 30 years ago Gareth Branwyn

christmas A Christmas poem about grammatically-tense ghosts Thom Dunn

law Trial looms for former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Rob Beschizza

public health Raw oysters linked to Salmonella outbreak across the United States Jennifer Sandlin

AI HeySanta is a terrifying, twerking AI robot Gail Sherman

movies Travel: Vienna's Third Man Museum Séamus Bellamy

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emphysema David Lynch says his days of directing are over — loves smoking, "but in the end, it bit me" Carla Sinclair

muppets How good would a Muppets version of your favorite movie be? Grant St. Clair

actors Michael Caine retires from film at 90 to become novelist Rob Beschizza

new york Forget the Met Gala, real New Yorkers go to the People's Ball Rusty Blazenhoff

oceans What the Garfield telephones and mysterious metal spheres washing up on beaches reveal about our oceans David Pescovitz

christianity Watch: Michele Bachmann said she spent Christmas telling her 3- and 6-year-old grandkids that the "eternal fires" of Hell await them Mark Frauenfelder

bullying Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer's legacy Elías Villoro

christmas Catch 12-year-old treble singer Malakai M Bayoh's insane high note in this 'O Holy Night' duet with Aled Jones Rusty Blazenhoff

christmas Rod Serling's 1964 retelling of 'A Christmas Carol' Rusty Blazenhoff

humor Tavin Dillard: mowin', edgin', grass-cuttin' legend Elías Villoro

names La Cuetlaxochitl became the most famously misnamed holiday flower Elías Villoro

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movies The trailer for Spirited presents a new spin on A Christmas Carol Devin Nealy