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Did You Know Black Folks Were Behind John Lennon’s Famous ‘Happy Xmas’ Song?

How the Harlem Community Choir helped John Lennon and Yoko Ono turn “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” into a global message of peace.

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The PS1 Grinch game’s creepy ending will haunt your holidays forever

The 2000 cash-grab video game is one of the most unnerving examples of the Grinch industrial complex

The best games environments in 2025

From Silent Hill f's Ebisugaoka to Tiny Bookshop's Bookstonbury, these are the 2025 games we wish we could live in

Bullshit Newborn Not Even Christ

READING, PA—Saying the snot-nosed brat sure as hell better not expect any damn frankincense or myrrh, sources confirmed Friday that a bullshit newborn wasn’t even Jesus Christ, the Son of God. “There’s not a fucking chance this useless goddamn baby is going to die for our sins,” said the child’s uncle Brandon Lowrey, explaining that beyond […]

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I re-created Google’s cute Gemini ad with my own kid’s stuffie, and I wish I hadn’t

When your kid starts showing a preference for one of their stuffed animals, you're supposed to buy a backup in case it goes missing. I've heard this advice again and again, but never got around to buying a second plush deer once "Buddy" became my son's obvious favorite. Neither, apparently, did the parents in Google's […]