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Holiday Magic

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A Christmas Story • A mystery turns an unassuming couple into Santa Claus

Midnight Plunge

Yule Be Sorry! • A husband's fib about a beloved holiday melody backfires spectacularly

Chewy the Champ

LIFE IN THESE United States

WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN • For many, the holidays are a time to travel. For others, it's a time to recover from traveling.

We Found a FIX HELP, HACKS, & HOW TO

HUMOR in UNIFORM

Not Your Grandfather's Anchovies

All in a Day's WORK

QUEEN OF QUIPS

Clued In About Crosswords

Yoga for Weight Loss • Striking a pose can help with more than just muscle tone and mindfulness

Probiotics for Depression

Why It's Time to Quit Vaping

News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

LAUGHTER THE BEST Medicine

A PRESENT WITH GLOWING REVIEWS

WHERE, OH WHERE?

Holiday Magic • Stories of serendipity and selflessness remind us why this is the most wonderful time of the year

Real Live Elves • When local kids needed more than toys, strangers started checking off Santa's list

A Home for Christmas? • An expectant couple and a wise man (not the ones you're thinking)

An Old Friend Comes Through • The year Santa's suit went from signature red to true blue

Secret Santas • The big guy's best-kept secret? He's got elves everywhere.

UNEXPECTED CASUALTIES IN THE WAR ON BOOKS • Librarians were once considered honorable public servants, but today, local book-banning efforts cast them as the enemy

FAMOUS REPEAT OFFENDERS • These classics have made multiple appearances on the American Library Association's “Most Challenged Books of the Year” lists since 2000.

WINNING AGAINST CANCER • THESE BREAKTHROUGHS ARE REASONS FOR REAL HOPE

“HALLELUJAH!”

“LIKE PAC-MAN”

“I HAVE FAITH IN THIS MEDICINE”

‘I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FLY THIS PLANE!’ • A passenger gets an emergency flying lesson when his pilot passes out 10,000feet above the ocean

10… 9… 8… • The Times Square ball drop is just one way we ring in the new year

Glass Onion: A Knives Out

Spoiler Alert

TO: BookLovers • New releases on our wish lists

QUOTABLE QUOTES

MOST TRUSTED BRANDS IN AMERICA • The products you feel good about, according to our annual home and family brands survey

Brain GAMES SHARPEN YOUR MIND

WORD POWER • Season's greetings! The words in this quiz come straight from the pages of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens's classic tale of a coldhearted miser who learns the true meaning of the holiday. Will you earn a humbug, or a ho-ho-ho? Turn to the next page for answers.

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A TRUSTED FRIEND IN A COMPLICATED WORLD • Eye to Eye by Noma Bar, exclusively for Reader's Digest