Wishing you a merry Christmas Eve from Mother Jones

[View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter]( December 24, 2021 Merry Christmas Eve to all who celebrate! I hope that you and your families have stayed safe from the Omicron surge and that you're enjoying all the classic winter holiday comforts: sugar cookies, hot cocoa, holly, tinsel, the smell of fresh pine, etc. Christmas Eve, for my family, typically involves a heated discussion over which movie we should watch to top off the night. My favorite Christmas movie is probably Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander, which is one of the most magical films I've seen, but I've never managed to convince them to watch it with me. Technically, I guess, Fanny and Alexander isn't a holiday movie, but the first quarter or so is centered on a long Christmas celebration, and the lush Swedish holiday decor on display never fails to put me in the spirit. (It is Bergman though, so part of it gets pretty dark.) My dad is a big fan of the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol, starring George C. Scott, but my younger brother and sister are more partial to the computer-animated Robert Zemeckis version. And my mom is a huge fan of It's a Wonderful Life and Home Alone. In the end, we usually just go with A Charlie Brown Christmas, which is so familiar at this point that I'm pretty sure I know it entirely by heart. What really makes the movie is Vince Guaraldi's swinging soundtrack, which just piles on hit after hit, and is one of the best Christmas albums of all time. (This is one subject where I won't tolerate any disagreement.) I'd also like to express my gratitude to all you loyal readers for supporting me and my colleagues in the work we do. It's a privilege to be writing for an audience like you. Happy holidays! – Noah Y. Kim Advertisement [ACLU]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [The Mother of All Vaccines May Be Closer Than You Think]( What if we could make a shot for pandemic viruses—before they exist? BY JACKIE FLYNN MOGENSEN SPONSORED POST [Sponsored Content]( [Farmers Are Seeding a Regenerative Future]( Faced with the realities of climate change, farmers are implementing regenerative agriculture to weather the storm. THIS CONTENT WAS PAID FOR AND SPONSORED BY [AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST](. [Trending] [20 books we hope don't get banned in 2022]( BY MOTHER JONES [This scientist created a rapid test just weeks into the pandemic. Here’s why you still can’t get it.]( BY LYDIA DEPILLIS [Hero of 2021: Fernanda the tortoise, whose species everyone thought was extinct]( BY JACKIE FLYNN MOGENSEN [For traditional reindeer herders, "this new snow has no name"]( BY KAREN MCVEIGH Advertisement [ACLU]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [“They Just Came and Started Breaking Houses”]( After our investigation prompted action in Congress, a major Dominican sugar exporter razed workers' homes as US diplomats drew near. BY SANDY TOLAN [Help Protect Democracy] Read Monika Bauerlein’s fearless column, “[What if Media Covered the War on Democracy Like an Actual War?](,” and please consider supporting Mother Jones’ hard-hitting journalism with a year-end donation to help us reach our urgent $350,000 December goal and keep charging hard in 2022. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755