animation A Very Cold War Christmas is an "animated holiday classic" from Stephen Colbert Gareth Branwyn

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music Start your Hanukkah with this Cars-inspired Dreidel song Thom Dunn

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newspapers The Arizona Daily Star collaborates with local artists to turn newspaper into wrapping paper Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids King Charles robs the dead in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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