Topic: Christmas
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3 novels about family, crime, and love
In this week's fiction roundup, two girls try to hide the deaths of their parents, two American writers fall in love (at least in a novel), and an international bestseller explores the lengths a family will go to clean up after a crime.
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Presidential libraries: from Boston to Honolulu ... or maybe Chicago
Presidential libraries can be found coast to coast, and may even go beyond that once a site is selected for President Obama's future repository of documents and artifacts. To quickly hopscotch around to the 13 official presidential libraries and museums overseen by the National Archives, plus that of Abraham Lincoln, check out this library list.
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10 weird criminal sentences
Check out these 10 court cases where judges have done more than sentence the guilty to a fine or jail time.
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5 crowd-pleasing holiday specials
Looking for something holiday-themed that the whole family will enjoy? These five specials have stood the test of time and will be loved by young and old alike.
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How well do you know global Christmas traditions? Take the quiz
Test your knowledge about how the Christmas holidays are celebrated from the Philippines to Mexico.
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The best Christmas ever? Often it was pared down.
In tough times, people discover that simple holidays can be the most satisfying.
12/23/2008 12:00 am -
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12/22/2008 12:00 am -
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12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Company celebrations more muted this year
Potluck dinners and charitable donations replace traditional holiday parties.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Consumers: What's on your yuletide agenda?
Activists ramps up efforts for various causes this season. Success levels vary.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
'Tis the season for families to talk about finances
These discussions are difficult, but necessary given hard financial times.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Homemade for the holidays
Instead of buying last-minute Christmas gifts, make them and create memories at the same time.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Playing Clementi on Christmas Eve
Fifty years after ending piano lessons, she now has a musical goal.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Opinion My bargain-hunting backlash
Frenzied dickering just adds to my holiday stress. Paying full price is easier – and it supports local jobs.
12/19/2008 12:00 am -
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Chilean-book buzz, a multiplatform prince, an L.A. Christmas extravaganza, and three (more) heavenly voices from Ireland.
12/19/2008 12:00 am -
The power of innocence
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
12/18/2008 12:00 am -
Paris bomb scare raises question: jihadis, or not?
The note announcing the explosives lacked references to Islam, jihad, or the Taliban.
12/17/2008 12:00 am -
The safety geeks who rescue us before disaster happens
If your Christmas tree doesn’t go up in flames, thank the scientists at Underwriters Laboratory.
12/17/2008 12:00 am -
Peace, goodwill, and Hanukkah latkes
One day a year I was the most popular kid in the class.
12/17/2008 12:00 am -
Pause for a holiday tea
A Christmas tea with light-as-air scones is the perfect way to relax during December.
12/17/2008 12:00 am -
Opinion Ninety minutes of school holiday music – and nary a note about Jesus
We bend over backward to acknowledge religious minorities, yet we single out Christianity for exclusion.
12/16/2008 12:00 am -
A tiny house for every story
Each of the 32 buildings in this village represents a time in my life.
12/16/2008 12:00 am -
Without the stand, the tree wouldn't be the same
The best foundations, often left unseen, can still make mighty impressions.
12/15/2008 12:00 am -
Diggin' It Vatican Christmas tree to be recycled into toys
The Vatican's tallest Christmas tree will be recycled for the benefit of needy children.
12/15/2008 12:00 am -
Just what is already baked into that cake?
Amid all the panettone and other holiday treats, the Monitor's language columnist is surprised to hear Wall Streeters and techies drawing on oven metaphors.
12/12/2008 12:00 am -
Over the hedge
The missing 'e' in the d corations
12/12/2008 12:00 am -
Reporters on the Job
12/11/2008 12:00 am -
The holiday-gift moment of truth: ‘Wear’ am I?
After his garment industry world tour, this American can’t see jeans without thinking of Nari in Cambodia, or Christmas boxers without a nod to Arifa in Bangladesh.
12/11/2008 12:00 am -
Ignoring the Christmas letter dos and don'ts
Sometimes there is no right way to express what is in our hearts.
12/11/2008 12:00 am -
Diggin' It The 12 days of Christmas plants -- Norfolk Island pine
The story of how the Norfolk Island pine became a holiday favorite.
12/11/2008 12:00 am
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