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Forget the picturesque tree and perfectly arranged presents. Christmas means blending old customs with new traditions, even if the result is messier than a bag full of carrot jam.

Carmen Flowers and Sue Bailey offer a guide that makes planning your own funeral more fun than you might expect. The book is called Grave Expectations: Planning the End Like There's No Tomorrow.

Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward talks about FBI Deputy Director W. Mark Felt, the secret source that helped him break the Watergate story.

Like Shakespeare's Prince Hal and The Godfather's Michael Corleone before her, Caroline Kennedy may be yet another beneficiary of being born to a powerful family. But need this automatically exempt her from being a capable senator?

You'd have to be dedicated to your work to set yourself aflame for "research purposes" — but author Kevin Conley did just that. His new book catalogs his four years spent following Hollywood stuntmen.

It's been less than a month since a band of Islamist militants landed on the shores of Mumbai, India, and set off on a rampage that lasted three days. India says the attackers came by boat from Pakistan and belonged to a terrorist organization based there. Many questions remain about why the attacks happened, and who was really behind them.

When President-elect Barack Obama chose former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as secretary of agriculture, he praised Vilsack's knowledge of both agriculture and energy. But writer Michael Pollan says the incoming administration's focus should be on food and the people who eat it.

This week, millions of American will send Christmas cards. James Martin, a Jesuit priest, isn't a fan of cards that display family photos on the cover. "Even devout Christians have been replacing Jesus, Mary and Joseph with themselves," he observes.

For 25 years, a professor collected essays from her students based on the this prompt: "Was there an object you met during childhood or adolescence that had an influence on your path into science?" One student remembered her Easter basket.

In the aftermath of the attacks in Mumbai, India, the government has announced plans for a major security overhaul, but critics doubt if that will make much difference.