And all that, all that. All kidding aside. Merry Christmas everyone. I'm sitting with my son watching the original Star Wars. (It's on Spike.) And it's snowing in Baltimore. All we need is some hot cocoa. Humbug, indeed.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.