stephen colbert Stephen Colbert lets kids write Christmas movie concept, then shares its hilarious trailer Rusty Blazenhoff

Weird Cabbage Patch riots: the chaotic holiday toy craze of 1983 Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets Fly high this holiday: 4K drone bundle cuts price to $99.97 Boing Boing's Shop

Entertainment Allee Willis — genius behind "Friends" theme song, finally gets her incredible story told Mark Frauenfelder

trump "So what?" Trump's chilling response to VP Pence's Jan 6 danger Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

crime Oregon newspaper lays off staff and ends print edition after embezzler drains funds Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Relive classics from your childhood with this retro-inspired gaming console for only $25 Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids LBJ killed JFK in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Comics Was Jack Kirby's Demon inspired by Prince Valiant? Ruben Bolling

politics Meet Hex Johnson, the self-taught Navy Seal Elías Villoro

History "The Christmas Uprising" in Jamaica, 1831, heralded the end of slavery in the British Empire Elías Villoro

Santa and the Grinch Santa versus the Grinch Jennifer Sandlin

christmas music Run-DMC's lesser-known holiday track 'Christmas Is' asks listeners to 'give up the dough' Rusty Blazenhoff

san francisco Tahoe snow trucked into San Francisco neighborhood for firefighters' competitive holiday decorating contest Rusty Blazenhoff

AI Listen to this AI-generated Christmas album from folk-punk singer Evan Greer Thom Dunn

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

films Ryuichi Sakamoto's moving solo piano rendition of Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Gareth Branwyn

movies We finally have a Santa Claus action movie starring David Harbour Devin Nealy

artists Flea Market Follies: Hunting for Kitsch with Mitch O'Connell Lee Keeler