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Boston’s official Santa Claus Jim Manning paints his eyebrows white to prepare for his 12th annual performance at the 2023 Boston Common Tree Lighting. MARGARET CORONA/DFP STAFF

Meet the jolly man behind the designer beard

Margaret Corona December 8, 2023
This holiday season, Jim Manning returns to the Boston Common Tree Lighting for his 12th performance as the city’s official Santa Claus.
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Minority Report: Santa Claus exists, just not in the way you’d think

Lincoln Son Currie December 9, 2020
The Christmas season is perhaps the one time of the year we act a little nicer to each other. Using collective action to keep Santa Claus alive is the least we can do.

REVIEW: Netflix’s ‘Angela’s Christmas’ provides sweet holiday story, broadens Netflix content

Pat LaMarco December 2, 2018
Netflix's “Angela’s Christmas” is a perfectly entertaining and cute film that would appeal to very young audiences, but it has been buried under the mountain of new releases.
STROINSKI: Appreciating culture through the foods we eat

STROINSKI: Appreciating culture through the foods we eat

Anna Stroinski September 20, 2017

When I sit down to eat dinner, there’s a particular formula my family follows. It has nothing to do with etiquette — no one expects me to eat neatly, or to keep my elbows off the table. No, it’s...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, left, Seth Rogen, center and Anthony Mackie, right, star in Columbia Pictures' "The Night Before." PHOTO COURTESY COLUMBIA PICTURES

REVIEW: “The Night Before” takes Christmas movies to new high

Morgan O’Hanlon November 20, 2015

Bromance, drugs, A-list cameos, a Top 40 musical number, more drugs and vulgar humor — this is not a Christmas movie for people on the nice list. The setup is familiar. It’s the same basic formula...

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