Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news. Read previous columns here. The holiday shopping season has been, as usual, full of online exhortations: “Xmas sale!” ...

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Kylie Minogue has landed her first-ever UK Christmas No. 1 and her eighth chart-topping single overall with the festive track Xmas. The song beat Wham!’s Last Christmas, which had topped the chart for ...

“Nightmare Before Christmas,” by Lisa Kudrow, was originally published in the December 1998 issue of Vogue. For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia newsletter here. As it ...

It’s revealed early on in the series that in the world of Futurama, Christmas is no longer celebrated in the way it was during our time. Now called “XMas” by the world at large, the holiday has become ...