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It’s the 12 Days of Slatemas and the gifts are for you! Every day we’re giving you access to something fun to read or do.
And on the first day of Slatemas, my fave site gave to me … a partridge in a Pears game. We gave today's Pears game a splash of holiday flavor. slate.com/games/pears
And on the first day of Slatemas, my fave site gave to me … a partridge in a Pears game. We gave today's Pears game a splash of holiday flavor. slate.com/games/pears
2025 was a great year for movies, and an even better year for … Norwegian movies? slate.trib.al/H9wACC0
The Major Oscar Contender That Left Me Almost As Cold As a Nordic Winter
Norway’s big acclaimed awards favorite isn’t even the country’s best movie this year.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
2025 was a great year for movies, and an even better year for … Norwegian movies? slate.trib.al/H9wACC0
Movies like One Battle After Another are important to a moment when there’s a lot more bad ahead than good. slate.trib.al/qRLWQ9R
The Best Movies of 2025 Have One Thing in Common
These films and documentaries speak to our current political moment.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Movies like One Battle After Another are important to a moment when there’s a lot more bad ahead than good. slate.trib.al/qRLWQ9R
The film is co-written and directed by Mona Fastvold (of The Brutalist), and the beautiful Shaker buildings sometimes threaten to steal the show. slate.trib.al/dea4Mbd
One of America’s Most Iconic Early Religious Cults Is Brought to Life in a Beautiful New Movie. But Did They Really Dance … Like That?
‘Tis a gift to be simple …
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December 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The film is co-written and directed by Mona Fastvold (of The Brutalist), and the beautiful Shaker buildings sometimes threaten to steal the show. slate.trib.al/dea4Mbd
It is the coping mechanisms of the prisoner, their survival under this added layer of extreme inhumanity, that may make the most apt case studies for suicide prevention. slate.trib.al/UMlnlzO
Finding a Reason to Embrace Life in the Worst Place to Be During the Holidays
What might someone who is living in the free world, but considering killing themselves, learn from prisoners about hanging on?
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December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It is the coping mechanisms of the prisoner, their survival under this added layer of extreme inhumanity, that may make the most apt case studies for suicide prevention. slate.trib.al/UMlnlzO
Slate’s roundtable of critics offer up their favorite music picks of the year—and their hot takes on rock’s “cilantro” vocalist. slate.trib.al/6wGWJ8D
The Year in Music, From Bad Bunny’s Imperial Phase to Gaga’s Mayhem to the Ascendance of Geese.
The unanimity of DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. Plus: Rosalia’s lush Lux, the irresistible KPop Demon Hunters, and the polarizing power of Getting Killed.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Slate’s roundtable of critics offer up their favorite music picks of the year—and their hot takes on rock’s “cilantro” vocalist. slate.trib.al/6wGWJ8D
It’s already won a boatload of awards from critics and festivals. The Oscars could be next. slate.trib.al/dBcjZZZ
The Dark-Horse Best-Picture Contender I Still Can’t Shake
Nothing quite encapsulated life in 2025 like the surreal opening of this great movie.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It’s already won a boatload of awards from critics and festivals. The Oscars could be next. slate.trib.al/dBcjZZZ
Play our petite puzzle. It packs a punch! slate.trib.al/dkD3WUX
Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 26, 2025
Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Play our petite puzzle. It packs a punch! slate.trib.al/dkD3WUX
Can America ever recover the norms Trump has broken? slate.trib.al/ZQR40bk
How the Next Democratic President Must Spend Their First 24 Hours in Office
You cannot bring a shrimp fork to a knife fight.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Can America ever recover the norms Trump has broken? slate.trib.al/ZQR40bk
Hate A.I.? Blame this icon. slate.trib.al/akKHQ5V
Tech Companies Love Using This Tiny Symbol. It’s More Insidious Than You Think.
No, chatbots aren’t magic—but this symbol makes you think they are.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Hate A.I.? Blame this icon. slate.trib.al/akKHQ5V
Slate strives to correct all errors of fact. If you’ve seen an error in our pages, let us know. slate.trib.al/MVx6BSb
Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of Dec. 22
Our mistakes for the week.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Slate strives to correct all errors of fact. If you’ve seen an error in our pages, let us know. slate.trib.al/MVx6BSb
Would you rather be ruled by banks, cats, or AI overlords? Which host would be the best dictator? What’s a petty hill you’re willing to die on? slate.trib.al/2nWgq5X
The Annual Conundrums Episode, With Stephen Colbert
We asked Stephen Colbert which pastry he’d like to be reincarnated as, and boy, did he deliver.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Would you rather be ruled by banks, cats, or AI overlords? Which host would be the best dictator? What’s a petty hill you’re willing to die on? slate.trib.al/2nWgq5X
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good news, Stranger Things fans: I explained how the new season connects to the play so you don’t have to watch it yourself
There’s a Confusing Moment in the Latest Stranger Things Episodes. It Goes Back to the Awful Play.
One of the latest episodes of the Netflix hit’s final season hearkens back to The First Shadow.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
good news, Stranger Things fans: I explained how the new season connects to the play so you don’t have to watch it yourself
Confused about what happens in the sixth episode of Stranger Things’ final season? It ties back to the Broadway prequel. slate.trib.al/NetMBhf
There’s a Confusing Moment in the Latest Stranger Things Episodes. It Goes Back to the Awful Play.
One of the latest episodes of the Netflix hit’s final season hearkens back to The First Shadow.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Confused about what happens in the sixth episode of Stranger Things’ final season? It ties back to the Broadway prequel. slate.trib.al/NetMBhf
If you want to know the truth about Epstein, read this instead. slate.trib.al/ZP3ioHw
There’s Already a Far More Damning Account of Jeffrey Epstein’s Crimes Than Anything in the New Files
It’s sordid and devastating and nuanced.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If you want to know the truth about Epstein, read this instead. slate.trib.al/ZP3ioHw
Dear How to Do It: He reached out right after I got married. slate.trib.al/x85t0gF
My Husband Can Never Measure Up to the Man Who Once Gave Me the Best Sex of My Life. He’ll Never Know.
I think about him all the time.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dear How to Do It: He reached out right after I got married. slate.trib.al/x85t0gF
Dear Good Job: Do you have any suggestions on how to shut him down without getting fired? slate.trib.al/ouJDWeX
My Boss Had a Medical Emergency. But What He’s Been Doing at Work Since Then Is Making Everyone Miserable.
No one wants to be the one to tell him to stop.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Dear Good Job: Do you have any suggestions on how to shut him down without getting fired? slate.trib.al/ouJDWeX
Think you’re pretty smart? Prove it with our daily quiz. slate.trib.al/Je1tw5g
What Is Another Term for Pyrosis?
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Dec. 25, 2025.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Think you’re pretty smart? Prove it with our daily quiz. slate.trib.al/Je1tw5g
Witty wordplay that won’t take all day. slate.trib.al/1CYIHcW
Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 25, 2025
Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Witty wordplay that won’t take all day. slate.trib.al/1CYIHcW
Chalamet’s Marty Mauser is “loosely based” on one Marty Reisman—but how loosely? slate.trib.al/5SJGoBO
In His Sweaty New Movie, Timothée Chalamet Portrays a Unique Kind of Athlete. Did He Get It Right?
One Marty Reisman would like a word …
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December 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Chalamet’s Marty Mauser is “loosely based” on one Marty Reisman—but how loosely? slate.trib.al/5SJGoBO
It’s a throwback—and a winning vehicle for its true stars. slate.trib.al/p22vvKy
Bradley Cooper’s New Movie Is a Charming Crowd-Pleaser in Which He Plays a Man Named Balls
I fell hard for Is This Thing On?—twice.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
It’s a throwback—and a winning vehicle for its true stars. slate.trib.al/p22vvKy
Must so many movies be barely distinguishable riffs on Uncut Gems? slate.trib.al/pFDJArK
Timothée Chalamet’s New Movie Is Part of a Trend I Can’t Stand
Marty Supreme is one of the year’s most acclaimed movies. But aren’t there higher goals than just stressing you out?
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December 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Must so many movies be barely distinguishable riffs on Uncut Gems? slate.trib.al/pFDJArK
Dear How to Do It: Last night, while tipsy, he admitted something to me that I have no idea how to overcome. slate.trib.al/5ITV0nE
My Husband Revealed the Real Reason Why He Doesn’t Touch Me. I’m Horrified.
This hurts.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Dear How to Do It: Last night, while tipsy, he admitted something to me that I have no idea how to overcome. slate.trib.al/5ITV0nE
Who is in Timothée Chalamet’s movie? You’ll probably ask that more than once. slate.trib.al/ZblvFxe
Every Random Famous Person Who Cameos in Marty Supreme, Ranked
It’s not just the guy from Shark Tank.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Who is in Timothée Chalamet’s movie? You’ll probably ask that more than once. slate.trib.al/ZblvFxe
Dear How to Do It: I don’t know how to bring it up to him without sounding harsh and hurting his feelings. slate.trib.al/6uRC0lS
My Boyfriend Works From Home. It’s Led to a Vexing Problem in Our Sex Life.
He's gotten a bit too ... comfortable.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Dear How to Do It: I don’t know how to bring it up to him without sounding harsh and hurting his feelings. slate.trib.al/6uRC0lS
There’s a startling twist in the Pluribus season finale. slate.trib.al/gjEibvA
Pluribus’ Season Finale Has a Big Twist. I Hope It’s Not What It Seems.
The Apple TV series began with an incredible bait and switch. Let’s hope this is another fake-out.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There’s a startling twist in the Pluribus season finale. slate.trib.al/gjEibvA