The Weihnachtsmuffel is as vital to a successful German Christmas as the Grinch or Scrooge is in the Anglosphere. These characters begin by delivering clear-eyed critiques of the season's excesses – ...

I try to be a good person, but I can’t help the schadenfreude when my cat finally gets stuck after knocking everything off the counter. Watching the reality-show villain get voted off filled the ...