The perennial debate between Santa Claus believers and nonbelievers has always amused me. That’s because of a childhood experience that no Santa Claus skeptic has ever had.

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!” ...

It’s revealed early on in the series that in the world of Futurama, Christmas is no longer celebrated in the way it was during our time. Now called “XMas” by the world at large, the holiday has become ...

“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 ...