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Beatles’ Rare Fan-Club Christmas Records: A Complete Guide<\/h3>\n

Band’s brief, whimsical holiday discs \u2013 released from 1963 through 1969 and newly reissued \u2013 offer a glimpse into their stunning evolution<\/p>\n

In honor of a new reissue, Rolling Stone takes a detailed look at the Beatles’ whimsical series of fan-club-only Christmas records.<\/p>\nMORE<\/a><\/span>\n

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Oyster Stew on Christmas Eve<\/h3>\n
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Early Americans were absolutely oyster crazy. When the first English settlers arrived at Plymouth Rock, oysters were a reliable and tasty source of nutrition. Coastal American Indian Nations had already been harvesting them for at least 3,000 years. As the young colony\u2019s population grew and spread to cover much of the East Coast, folks along the shores devoured oysters. In stuffings, chowders, pan roasts and on the half shell, both rich and poor enjoyed as many oysters as they could eat. America\u2019s oldest still operating restaurant, the Union Oyster House of Boston, opened in 1826 to showcase the bivalve. And\u00a0New York City<\/a>\u00a0pushcarts sold the by the bushel, freshly harvested from the Hudson Bay. A whopping 700 million were harvested from the Bay in 1880 alone.<\/p>\nMORE<\/a><\/span>\n

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56 Essential Christmas Cookies<\/h3>\n

Courtesy Genius Kitchens<\/em><\/p>\n

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From classic sugar cookies to gingerbread men, these top recipes will sweeten your holiday – and make you the darling of all your cookie swaps.<\/p>\nMORE<\/a><\/span>\n

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How the Wrong Holiday Gift Traumatized Me as a Transgender Child<\/h3>\n
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Giving the perfect gift can be stressful for anyone during the holidays. Regardless of your religion, if you do participate in the tradition of giving gifts, there are children who want to receive toys based on their preferred<\/em> gender identity \u2014 not necessarily the one they were assigned at birth. Throughout my 24 years of wish lists, I have always wanted more feminine presents, and I know the importance of receiving a gift that will bring pure joy.<\/span><\/p>\nMORE<\/a><\/span>\n

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\"SantaMark Twain’s “A Letter From Santa Claus”<\/h3>\n

In 1875, Mark Twain wrote a letter to his daughter Susie, who was 3 years old at the time, which he signed “Your loving Santa Claus.” You can read it in its entirety below, but first a little bit of pretext. Twain was very close to his daughter, all the way up to her untimely death at age 24 in 1896, and that year she had written her first letter to Santa Claus. Twain, being a writer, couldn’t stand for his young daughter to feel like her work went unheard, so he decided to pen the following letter to “My Dear Susie Clemens” from “The Man in the Moon” himself.<\/p>\nMORE<\/a><\/span>\n

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He\u2019s Back: Adam Sandler \u2014 “The Chanukah Song, Part 4”<\/span><\/h3>\n