Paul Batura: Jimmy Stewart's other Christmas movie – it, too, is wonderful
If Stewart’s first post-WWII film about Christmas was his most well-known, one of his last in 1980 is arguably his most obscure – but it is also both poignant and profound.

If Stewart’s first post-WWII film about Christmas was his most well-known, one of his last in 1980 is arguably his most obscure – but it is also both poignant and profound.
The Rampur administration has issued notices to 28 people "identified for violence" during last week's anti-citizenship law protests here, asking them to explain their position or pay for damage caused to public and private property, officials said on Wednesday. The notices were issued on Tuesday after damage of nearly Rs 25 lakh was assessed across the district by the police and the administration, they said. Police had initially said that the damage incurred was worth around Rs 15 lakh but the final assessment put the figure at Rs 25 lakh... Читать дальше...
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday said his party Congress also wanted to implement the National Population Register (NPR), but without the NRC as he vowed not to implement the "anti-constitutional" Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in the state. Nath, who led an anti-CAA protest march here, raised questions over the Modi government's "intentions" behind bringing the National Population Register (NPR) together with the National Register of Citizens (NRC). He alleged the... Читать дальше...
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Two Indian students were killed in a road accident in Dubai in the early hours of Christmas Day on Wednesday, according to media reports. Rohit Krishnakumar, 19, and Sharat Kumar, 21, both from Kerala, were returning from a Christmas party when they met with the accident, The Khaleej Times reported. Both died on the spot, the paper said. While Krishnakumar was pursing higher studies in the UK, Kumar was studying in a university in the US, it said. They were spending their university break in Dubai with family. Читать дальше...
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Surfboard tucked under his arm, Dery Setyawan sprints into the crashing waves. It is not just a physical challenge but an emotional one -- most of his family and friends were swept to their deaths when a tsunami hit these shores 15 years ago. His hometown of Lampuuk was almost destroyed entirely, but despite his devastating loss, the father-of-two sees the water as a way to heal. "Surfing has been the best cure for my tsunami trauma. When I am on the waves, all my fears are gone and I can embrace the past and be at peace with it," he says. Читать дальше...
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We had one Christmas.
It was 1982. Two families, one Jewish (the Kayes) and one liberal Protestant (the Morris’) became one when I married Larry Kaye in February 1982.
It happened quickly, probably too quickly. I was newly widowed and Larry was newly divorced when we met the year before.
I tried...
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