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Brewer's: Boxing-Day

(See Christmas Box.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BoyBox Harry A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Heligh-monat

(Holy-month). The name given by the Anglo-Saxons to December, in allusion to Christmas Day. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HeliopolisHelicon A B C D E…

Brewer's: Yule

(1 syl.). Christmas time. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Yule LogYuga A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of November 22, 2021

It’s been a busy week, from a new UFO taskforce to a newly discovered Covid variant. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top four stories of the week.…

Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of December 6, 2021

It’s been a busy week, from more Omicron variant cases to tornadoes ravaging the US. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top four stories of the week.…

Brewer's: Abbot of Misrule

or Lord of Misrule A person who used to superintend the Christmas diversions. In France the “Abbot of Misrule” was called L'abbé de Liesse (jollity). In Scotland the master of revels was…

Fall Film Preview, 1998, Part 4

Pixar hopes for another special-effects coup with A Bug's Life. Adam Sandler portrays another hapless hero in Touchstone's The Water Boy. Colonies of another kind — those inhabited by ants —…