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Editor's note
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Before you pop the first of your crackers or tuck into some turkey, catch up on 12 of The Conversation’s best Christmas stories. From whether you should lie to your children about Santa Claus to tips for last-minute present shopping, it’s all here.
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Michael Courts
Deputy Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Navigating the politics of Christmas
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Robyn J. Whitaker, University of Divinity
The inn, the shepherds, angels and animals: pretty much everything we think we know about the Christmas story is historically wrong.
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Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia
Bethlehem looms large in our minds with the approach of Christmas. But the reality for people living there now or tourists wishing to visit the ancient city remains deeply politically fraught.
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Susanne Becken, Griffith University; Brendan Mackey, Griffith University
Every December Australia's air travel peaks, as we travel to family and friends (or flee on holiday). Many buy carbon offsets for these flights – but what do they actually do to our carbon emissions?
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Rebecca Charlotte Reynolds, UNSW
Some tips on how to fully enjoy your Christmas mince pie.
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Children and family
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George Aranda, Deakin University; Wendy Jobling, Deakin University
Toys and games that involve friends and family members are more than just fun: they can foster new skills, challenge children to work in a team and encourage thinking and idea development.
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Kristen Dunfield, Concordia University
There's no need for parents to bust the Santa myth. Children figure out the truth themselves, at a developmentally appropriate time. In the process, they build their reasoning skills.
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Andrea Wigfield, University of Sheffield; Sarah Alden, University of Sheffield
There are many ways in which older people can engage in their communities and meet new people this Christmas.
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Lee-Fay Low, University of Sydney
Christmas can be a stressful time for hosts and guests alike, and it's more so for carers of people living with dementia.
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Shopping and gifts
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Paul Harrison, Deakin University
Rather than simply trying to trick people, the masters of marketing know it's much easier to understand and work with innate human flaws.
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David M. Herold, Griffith University
’Tis the season for online shopping – which means a month of shipping. Here's how to reduce your delivery footprint.
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Kym Simoncini, University of Canberra; Kevin Larkin, Griffith University
Blocks probably won't top Christmas wish lists, but they have many benefits including developing fine motor skills, social, cognitive and language skills, and spatial reasoning and language.
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Deborah Y. Cohn, New York Institute of Technology
Sadly, people sometimes deliberately give bad presents.
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