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'Twas the night before Christmas and not a journo was stirring... I’m afraid it has inspired me to set off on my own festive flight of fancy…   Not a journo was stirring not even Jeffrey Toobin. Expenses were filed to accounts with great care, In hopes that they won’t query that claim for a chair. Related Stories While visions of journalism awards danced in their heads. With phones set on silent, and laptop pressed shut, They hoped 2020’s news cycle would finally let up.   I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Was it Kay Burley and co on a Christmas night out?

The history of Santa Claus: 7 interesting facts The Week Staff Santa Claus's jolly, rotund appearance and his ability to slide implausibly down chimneys are relatively recent additions to his mythology. Blue Lantern Studio/Corbis December 23, 2011 Today's best articles Daily business briefing Solving COVID newsletter As Christmas approaches, children around the world have Santa on the brain. They're anxiously wondering if they've been overly naughty or sufficiently nice, and eagerly daydreaming about their potential gift hauls. But exactly how ...

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Good morning, it’s Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, and 197 years ago today, Orville L. Holley, the publisher of a newspaper in upstate New York, printed a poem that launched a billion presents -- and forever altered American children’s expectations of Christmas morning. The paper was the Troy Sentinel, a semi-weekly that enjoyed only a brief nine-year run of solvency from 1823 to 1832. It would be long forgotten now except for the poem Holley published. It was originally called “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” although it would soon be known far and wide by a title taken from its first line. 'T...

Roy Exum: Now, The 2020 Version Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - by Roy Exum Roy Exum It was on this very day – Dec. 23 but 197 years ago -- when an anonymous poem appeared in the Troy, N.Y., newspaper entitled “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Quickly, the poem spread, and its popularity was quite nearly instant. About 15 years later, Clement Clarke Moore stepped forward to admit he had written it for his children but … well, he feared his reputation as a very erudite and knightly professor might suffer if it were known he authored such an unscholarly verse. Believe it or not, there a...