Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news. Read previous columns here. The holiday shopping season has been, as usual, full of online exhortations: “Xmas sale!” ...

Now looking back on the few Xmas episodes the series has released, Futurama has dropped some big gems. Released during Season 7, the only holiday special during the Comedy Central era of Futurama is ...

"We'd had a couple of glasses of wine ... and it came to us like 'YMCA' but 'XMAS,'" the singer said. By Jessica Lynch Kylie Minogue is finally sharing the Christmas song she has been holding onto for ...

“Nightmare Before Christmas,” by Lisa Kudrow, was originally published in the December 1998 issue of Vogue. For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia newsletter here. As it ...

Remember the viral story from 2020 about the tiny li’l fluffy owl that was found hanging out in the Rockefeller Christmas tree? Of course you do. KEWTest thing ever, LOL, dawwwwwwww, *swoon*, and all ...