Mike Connors, circa 1982
Tag: Vol. 39 No. 13
Issue of December 17, 2009
Cover story:
The Real American Pie
Mince pie was once inextricable from our national identity. Blamed for bad health, murderous dreams, the downfall of Prohibition, and the decline of the white race, it nonetheless persisted as an American staple through the 1940s. So what happened?
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A Very Reader Christmas: Svengoolie’s After-Christmas Complaints Department
In which the usually cool Svengoolie breaks character.
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A Very Reader Christmas: Swedish Christmas in Andersonville
An Andersonville resident explains Swedish Christmas.
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A Very Reader Christmas: Tom Skilling Sings Christmas Hits
Before the Tom Skilling snuggie, there was Tom Skilling’s Karaoke Christmas.
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A Very Reader Christmas: Belarussian Christmas Traditions Circa 1978
Christmas in Belarus, as explained at the Museum of Science and Industry
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A Very Reader Christmas: A Holiday Moment With an Angry Gorilla
It’s like working in a home office
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A Very Reader Christmas: Embarrassed Teenage Girls Discuss Croatian Traditions
Circa 1978 at the Museum of Science and Industry
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A Very Reader Christmas: Waiting
“Our world would be worse off without these six weeks of obligatory largesse, I suppose, a dreary circle of months broken up only by taxes and patriotic holiday barbecues.”
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A Very Reader Christmas: Abe Lincoln Gets the Biggest Christmas Gift Ever
To: the President From: William Tecumseh Sherman
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Holiday Cookie Recipes Courtesy of the Liberal Elite
The New York Times’ holiday cookie recipe guide
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A Very Reader Christmas: Depressing Christmas Photos From the Daily News
“Woman wearing fur standing next to and looking at a boy with no legs sitting on the floor next to a sled and a drum” (c. 1905) Children standing on the table and floor in front of The Chicago Daily News Christmas Fund for French Children booth in a hall (c. 1917) Choirboys holding songbooks, […]
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The Season of Box Sets: Roots & Country
New box sets from Buddy Holly and Dolly Parton capture the depth and range of both legendary singers.