Your weekend must reads: Holiday edition🎄

Good morning, Paste BN readers! I'm John Riley, and today The Short List weekend edition✨ is brimming with holiday spirit. After all, today is Christmas Eve,🎄 and Hanukkah is also rocking it this week.🕎 So here are some holiday-themed stories to help make your season bright! 

🚂Model trains: The tale behind a 100-year-old holiday tradition

🚘Christmas travel: When to leave? The best and worst times to drive

😱Haunted holidays: From Krampus to Belsnickel, 7 scary stories from Christmas lore

🍪Holiday meals: Loading up on eggnog, cookies, etc. will cost you more

🧶Ugly holiday sweaters: How did the tradition get started, anyway?

📺'A Charlie Brown Christmas': How to watch the TV classic this year

🎅🏿Black Santas: Men who dress up as Black Santa Claus spread joy, diversity

🕎Hanukkah 2022: Menorahs mean more amid rising antisemitism

🎁Last-minute gifts: 19 best subscription gifts with no shipping required

🕯️Celebrating Kwanzaa: What it is and how to celebrate

►Special bulletin: Next week, my friend Nicole Fallert takes over for the year in review.

There are more great reads below.👇 Happy holidays, and see you in 2023! 🍾