Department of Post-Holiday Reading: December 27, 2013

‘If you really hate music, you’ll love the show.’

The holiday that never ends.
The legend of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas‘.
From Henry Ford’s anti-Semitic newsletter to the John Birch Society’s anti-UN screeds: a thumbnail history of the (fake, fake, fakey fake) “War on Christmas.”
Should we still pretend Santa’s coming?
David Mamet: A very special thanks from Chinese restaurateurs everywhere.
From 1651 to 1681, the city of Boston banned Christmas.
Too many Santas.
A Christmas Eve message from Apollo 8 ....