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Is ‘Die Hard’ a Christmas movie? 5 great (but debatable) holiday films

By Alison Thoet

What makes a holiday movie? We asked a pop-culture blogger for non-traditional holiday recommendations.

Photos: What Santa does on his day off

By Abbey Oldham

Father Christmas, Père Noël, St. Nicholas, Babbo Natale, Santa Claus: The jolly old man with a white beard is an unmistakable figure around the United States, but he didn’t always wear a red coat and have a reindeer posse.

Pluto gets festive for Christmas in the cosmos

By Justin Scuiletti

On Thursday morning, NASA released a new image of Pluto decked out for the holidays in a festive green and red coloring as its "Image of the Day."…

Obamas return to Hawaii for Christmas vacation

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

After a somber start to his vacation, President Barack Obama arrived in Hawaii with his family on Saturday to celebrate Christmas and ring in his final year as president.

Why Math geeks are so excited about March 14, 2015, at 9:26:53

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Pi Day is a holiday for math (and pie) enthusiasts to celebrate their love of numbers. And this year marks a once-in-a-century occurrence. Saturday at 9:26:53 a.m. the date and time will read 3.14.15 9:26:53. That’s 10 digits of pi.

This holiday season, behavioral economics could be a gift that keeps giving

By PBS News Hour

Do you struggle with slouching, overeating or oversleeping? This holiday season, there’s a gift for that. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to Sendhil Mullainathan about consumer innovations that promise to improve your life through behavioral economics.

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