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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Movies & TV
A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas Perfectly Captures a Complicated Holiday

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Images from three offbeat holiday classics: Bill Murray in Scrooged; Grace Jones in Christmas at Pee-Wee’s Playhouse; Robot-Santa in Futurama
Movies & TV
Holiday Cheer

11 Oddball Holiday Classics to Celebrate the Season

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Illustration of Christopher Robin with Winnie-the-Pooh, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo, Owl, and Piglet. Christopher looks at a sign that reads "North Pole Discovered by Pooh, Pooh Found It"
Books
toys

7 SFF Toys That Stole Our Hearts

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Close-ups of actors in three movies: Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth; Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Ian McKellen in THe Lord of the Rings
Movies & TV
Holiday Cheer

The Non-Holiday Classics We Watch Over the Holidays

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Images from three SFF holiday specials: ALF's Special Christmas, George and the Christmas Star, and Invader Zim's "The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever"
Movies & TV
Holiday Cheer

Spend Christmas Among the Stars in Six Intergalactic Holiday Specials

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Books
Holiday Cheer

The Memorable Books We’ve Received as Gifts

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Illustration of Santa Claus from Japanese children's magazine Kodomo no tomo (1914)
Column
Holiday Cheer

The Real Magic of Santa Claus

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Jack Skellington holds a book titled "The Scientific Method" in a scene from The Nightmare Before Christmas
Movies & TV
The Nightmare Before Christmas

How Should We Define The Nightmare Before Christmas?

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Tick sits on Santa's lap in "The Tick Loves Santa!" (1994).
Movies & TV
Holiday Cheer

The Tick Had the Perfect Action-Packed Take on Santa 30 Years Before Red One

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Hot Frosty. Dustin Milligan as Jack Snowman sans shirt
Movies & TV
Hot Frosty

Are We Gonna Talk About the Deeply Dystopian World of Hot Frosty?

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Lists
holidays

The Non-Holiday Media We Watch Over the Holidays

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Featured Essays
The Chronicles of Narnia

Always Winter, But Never Christmas: Santa Claus and Narnia

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