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The Slice archive for Dec. 23, 2011

FRIDAY, DEC. 23, 2011

This date in "Twilight Zone" history

The most head-on treatment of Christmas in the show's run, "Night of the Meek," first aired on Dec. 23, 1960. Starring Art Carney as a tattered store Santa with a drinking problem and a big wish, this episode's heart is in the right place. But…

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Ghost of Christmas Past 

"Hello Paul, "My wife, Sandy, and I were having a latte at Madeleine's Wednesday morning and it all of a sudden dawned on us that we were sitting right where the amazing and magical mechanized Christmas displays were in The Crescent window," wrote Jeff Nadeau.…

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For the rest of us

Happy Festivus. http://blogs.babble.com I have to admit that I had forgotten. But my colleague Gina Boysun, who knows her "Seinfeld," intends to observe the holiday. I've already heard her make a reference this morning to a Festivus miracle.

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Santa down

www.plotmonkeys.com "I'm concerned about all these 'dead' Santas lying in folks' front yards," wrote Donna Potter Phillips. "They were meant to be fat, bright, shiny and inviting but laying airless and flat, covered with frost, surely can give a sour meaning to Christmas. What must…

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