From 3rd-century depictions to a Star Trek nativity, the art form never ceases to evolve.
Christmas
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Zany Takes on Holiday Wreaths Now on View in Central Park
Using everything from artificial hot dogs and candy wrappers to Metrocards, NYC Parks employees and commissioned artists reimagine a Christmas classic.
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Five Offbeat Holiday Films to Keep It Weird This Christmas
Stop-motion animation, the poetic story of a snowman, and other picks highlight the artistic potential of the classic genre.
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When Tuna Met Snoopy
Something strange happened when I watched “A Charlie Brown Christmas” with my cat Tuna.
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What’s the Weirdest Ornament You’d Hang on Your Tree?
An exhibition on view at Detroit’s Henry Ford Museum features 7,000 Christmas ornaments, from the traditionally festive to the deeply bizarre.
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US Postal Service Unveils Pious Holiday Stamp
This year’s Christmas stamp is titled “Virgin and Child” and features a painting from the first half of the 16th century, attributed to an unidentified Florentine artist.
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The Artist Who Helped Create a Very American Santa Claus
Abolitionist cartoonist Thomas Nast had a big role in manufacturing the US version of the Christmas patriarch.
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A Photographer Captures Christmas Kitsch Across the US
With American Christmas, Danelle Manthey presents elaborate decorative traditions as a form of folk art, but one can’t help but help but wonder if White Christmas might be a more accurate title for her project.
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This Holiday, Stream the Best Movie Adaptations of A Christmas Carol
From an animation by Richard Williams to George C. Scott as Scrooge to the Muppets, there are countless variations on Charles Dickens’s classic.
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Amsterdam Wants Residents to Tone Down Their Christmas Lights
If the proposal passes, yule be sorry if you go overboard with colorful lights or Santa displays in the Dutch city.
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Did You Know the First Commercial Christmas Card Featured Underage Drinking?
May we all be as merry as that boozy child.
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A Queer Twist on the Incredibly Heteronormative Holiday Romcom Genre
In Happiest Season, Kristen Stewart stars in a Clea Duvall-directed story about a woman head over heels with another who won’t come out.
