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I tawt I taw a puddy tat.

Here are some of your frequently asked questions about 2017. The Slice has volunteered to offer answers.

A year-end accounting of frivolity.

Poor Washingtonians are second-class citizens before the law because of a lack of state funding for civil legal aid, Shawn Vestal says.

Take care of things, 17 years later.

It’s too late to use one as a stocking stuffer. But if you think you deserved a coveted reporter’s notebook in 2016 but did not receive one, there’s still time to make your case before the end of the year.

What happens in Hillyard, stays in Hillyard. You hope, anyway.

Those marmots sure know how to have a swinging good time.

When I was a child, my family had an annual tradition of being Secret Santas for another family. On Christmas Eve, we would load boxes of gifts and food into a van, and head out into the night. In an idealized hindsight, I picture sparkling snowfall on fallen snow, mounds plowed to the roadside, roofs lined with fat, bright bulbs in primary colors.

Someone must have declared a cease-fire in the battle for Christmas in that Hayden neighborhood that has pitted an attorney and his homeowners association against each other in the past. Outspoken attorney Jeremy Morris conducted his four-day mega-Christmas light show without much media fanfare or citizen fireworks Dec. 14-18. The crowds came, along with a camel, goats and 27 costumed Bible characters.

With a good internet connection, anything is possible.

Yes, we’re still asking the same questions.

Make sure you follow the rules.

One of my favorite things in the world is to watch someone read a newspaper. When you do that, you begin to learn that our readers look at what we do very differently than the journalists who created it do. You also learn a valuable lesson in what people really care about.

‘Twas the night of her own.

“White Christmas” sets the benchmark for “merry and bright.”

The days you really miss ‘Bloom County’ in print.

You may love New York. But New York may not love you. Emily Walton found that out when she smiled at a stranger while crossing a New York City street last week.

Life is hard, kids, and we’ve got the surveillance video to prove it.