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- Authorities say that a large explosion in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas morning was intentional. The blast injured three people, who are all expected to recover.
- More than 100 progressive Brooklyn Democrats walked out of their party's meeting this week, "claiming party bigwigs changed the rules of the meeting mid-game specifically to unravel last week’s reforms," according to the Brooklyn Paper.
- "Scrooge’s wealth accumulation would have benefited far more people than anything he gave to charity after his reclamation, and many times more than government would have helped had they taken his wealth and spent it," is a thing written about Charles Dickens's villain, Ebenezer Scrooge, in the Wall Street Journal.
- The Times has a look into the support groups who are helping people address their problem drinking during the pandemic.
- The paper also has touching look at how the regular customers of Henry Yao's military surplus store on East Houston came to his aid this year. (We can personally vouch for his duffel bags—astounding quality for a reasonable price.)
- You USED to know where the tradition of Christmas trees came from—let Natural Geographic refresh your memory.
- Michael Alig, one of the "Club Kids" of the 1980s, who also served 17 years in prison for manslaughter, died of a drug overdose, according to the Daily News.
- B&H Dairy in the East Village suffered some serious damage from Thursday night's high winds, EV Grieve reports. The 82-year-old diner has had an especially difficult 2020, with break-ins, vandalism, and of course, the pandemic. Give them your business if you can!
- The Chinese producer on the movie being adapted from the Three Body Problem series has died from a mysterious poisoning.
- Charcuterie chalets are passé. All hail the Gingerbread Brownstone!
- And finally, I love these reindeer:
Gothamist
Published Dec 25, 2020
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