Surprisingly (or not?), amateur troupes all over the U.S. have taken to this dysfunctional-family extravaganza.
Archives for December 27, 2013
How The Romans Celebrated The Holidays
“The Romans celebrated the winter festival of Sigillaria on 23rd of December, part of their Saturnalia festivities. Just like on Christmas Day, Sigillaria saw presents exchanged. So how does Sigillaria compare to a modern day Christmas? And can we say that the Roman’s invented Christmas?”
Two-Sentence Holiday Short Stories
Elizabeth Crane, Lauren Groff, Peter Orner, Kate Milliken, Matthew Specktor and 29 other writers offer sad, amusing, paradoxical, wicked, very brief tales of the season.
The Ghosts Of Christmas Tales
Guardian Weekend magazine offers original chilling short stories by Lionel Shriver, Jeanette Winterson, Penelope Lively, Ned Beauman and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.”