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Christmas

December 23, 2022

Ideas

Why I Left Venezuela

Gisela Salim-Peyer

December 22, 2022

A family photo split in two. Half is on top of a picture of Caracas. The other half is on top of a solid background.

How to Build a Life

How to Make the Most of Bad Gifts

Arthur C. Brooks

December 22, 2022

Illustration of a child crawling on the floor toward an alligator with a present in its mouth

Family

An Alternative to Overspending on Presents

Annie Midori Atherton

December 20, 2022

illustration of several unwrapped presents

Dear Therapist

Dear Therapist: How Do I Hold Boundaries With My Sister at Christmas?

Lori Gottlieb

December 19, 2022

An illustration of a split family with a sister distorted into abstract chaos

The Atlantic Daily

We Need a Little Christmas (Music)

Tom Nichols

December 9, 2022

The Radio City Rockettes performing at Radio City Music Hall in front of a Christmas tree

Ideas

The Case for Keeping Up Your Christmas Tree Until March

Charlie Warzel

January 15, 2022

Illustration of Christmas lights against a dark, foreboding sky

Family

All Hail Dead Week, the Best Week of the Year

Helena Fitzgerald

December 27, 2021

A calendar showing a week of a person shoveling, followed by a week resting in a recliner, followed by a week shoveling.

Newsletters

Oranges at Christmas

Imani Perry

December 25, 2021

Ideas

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry! No, Really.

Max Khan Hayward

December 25, 2021

Technology

Is [REDACTED] a Christmas Movie?

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 24, 2021

An image of John McClane from Die Hard wearing a Santa hat, surrounded by explosions.

How to Build a Life

The Cure for Holiday Blues

Arthur C. Brooks

December 23, 2021

Illustration of a person wearing a green-and-red striped jacket with their arms held perpendicular to their body. Ornaments with different facial expressions hang from their arms. The person is wrapped in Christmas lights, and wearing a Christmas-tree hat.

Newsletters

The Challenge of the Manger

David French

December 22, 2021

nativity scene in front of stained glass in church

Newsletters

The Christmas Music We Love and Hate

Tom Nichols

December 22, 2021

Culture

The Holiday-Rom-Com Fantasy Has Nothing to Do With Romance

Megan Garber

December 17, 2021

A couple sit down to a decadent picnic in a magical, snow-filled landscape.

Peacefield

The Most Beloved Christmas Specials Are (Almost) All Terrible

Tom Nichols

December 15, 2021

A still from "A Charlie Brown Christmas," in which Charlie talks to another character in the snow

Newsletters

A Curmudgeon's Christmas Specials

Tom Nichols

December 8, 2021

Ideas

How Lincoln Turned Regional Holidays Into National Celebrations

David S. Reynolds

November 24, 2021

Illustration of Abraham Lincoln wearing a Santa suit

Politics

The Christmas Crisis

Emma Green

December 25, 2020

Santa Claus, entrapped in a giant snow globe, reaches out his hands towards a little boy, who also has his arms outstretched.

Family

The Real Problem With the ‘Naughty List’

Jessica McCrory Calarco

December 24, 2020

A girl sits with her face in her hands, looking disgruntled, surrounded by gifts under a Christmas tree

Ideas

Charlie Brown’s Inside Job

Caitlin Flanagan

December 24, 2020

Family

Dear Therapist: Christmas With My Divorced Parents Is Getting Harder

Lori Gottlieb

December 21, 2020

How to Build a Life

Don’t Isolate Yourself This Holiday Season

Arthur C. Brooks

December 17, 2020

A sad man dangles from a Christmas ornament.

Health

Have Yourself a Million Little Christmases

Amanda Mull

December 16, 2020

A girl wearing a mask stands between two rows of Christmas trees.

Culture

December 27, 2019

An illustration of friends on a the back of a pickup truck filled with Christmas trees.

Family

The Christmas Baby’s Dilemma

Morgan Ome

December 25, 2019

An illustration of a birthday cupcake being placed into a Christmas stocking.

Ideas

The Railroads That Created Christmas

Ainissa Ramirez

December 25, 2019

A boy looking at a toy railroad set by a Christmas tree

Family

Confessions of a Jewish Santa

Noam Osband

December 24, 2019

Viewfinder

Christmas Under the Bypass

Amy Weiss-Meyer

January/February 2020 Issue

photograph of tent and Christmas tree under an overpass

Family

There’s No Fun Like Mandatory Office Holiday Fun

Joe Pinsker

December 16, 2019

Family

Dear Therapist: My Son Is Angry About the Way He Was Treated Last Christmas

Lori Gottlieb

December 9, 2019

An illustration of a man sitting outside a window looking sad, while his mother peers outside.

Health

Peloton Doesn’t Understand the People Who Love It Most

Amanda Mull

December 5, 2019

A woman in a Peloton commercial looks very scared.

Material World

What Happens When You Buy From Gift Guides

Amanda Mull

November 27, 2019

An animation of a hand pushing gift boxes

News

A Papal Message of Peace

Krishnadev Calamur

December 25, 2015

Pope Francis addressing the crowd at the Vatican from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica

Sections

The Print Edition

The War on Christmas Is Winning

Why I Left Venezuela

How to Make the Most of Bad Gifts

An Alternative to Overspending on Presents

Dear Therapist: How Do I Hold Boundaries With My Sister at Christmas?

We Need a Little Christmas (Music)

The Case for Keeping Up Your Christmas Tree Until March

All Hail Dead Week, the Best Week of the Year

Oranges at Christmas

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry! No, Really.

Is [REDACTED] a Christmas Movie?

The Cure for Holiday Blues

The Challenge of the Manger

The Christmas Music We Love and Hate

The Holiday-Rom-Com Fantasy Has Nothing to Do With Romance

The Most Beloved Christmas Specials Are (Almost) All Terrible

A Curmudgeon's Christmas Specials

How Lincoln Turned Regional Holidays Into National Celebrations

The Christmas Crisis

The Real Problem With the ‘Naughty List’

Charlie Brown’s Inside Job

Dear Therapist: Christmas With My Divorced Parents Is Getting Harder

Don’t Isolate Yourself This Holiday Season

Have Yourself a Million Little Christmases

Don’t Subject Your Kids to Rudolph

Christmas Dies Hard

A Harebrained Scheme to Sell Christmas Trees on the Streets of New York

The Christmas Baby’s Dilemma

The Railroads That Created Christmas

Confessions of a Jewish Santa

Christmas Under the Bypass

There’s No Fun Like Mandatory Office Holiday Fun

Dear Therapist: My Son Is Angry About the Way He Was Treated Last Christmas

Peloton Doesn’t Understand the People Who Love It Most

What Happens When You Buy From Gift Guides

A Papal Message of Peace