Who Has Been Warring Against Christmas?  Where I am the Third Day of Christmas is just finishing with the news that Grinch Trump has ended his own brief War on…

Poking a little bit of fun at his own traditions and perhaps a bit also at the ‘war on Christmas’ that is becoming a tradition in our politics, my minister…

Forward Creeping Excessmass Wins The War On Christmas “Excessmass” is a term neologized in a column in the late 1990s in the Wall Street Journal (sorry, unable to find precise…

by Rebecca Wilder Merry Christmas! Here’s a nice little model I discussed in 2007: The Economics of Christmas! Hope that you enjoy; I do. (This commentary was written in my…

…want! Can I get it for Christmas? “Dad, says the other of mine, this is new ‘Mysterious Benedict Society’ book I want! Can I get it for Christmas? In this…

by Bruce Webb I posted the below last Christmas Eve. Which was too late to actually discuss the issue. People decry the commercialization of Christmas, which is fair enough. And…

…nativity sets and Christmas lights face new tariffs.  In the first nine months of 2024, Americans imported $362 million of Christmas tree lights and paid $18 million of customs duties. Over the same months in 2025,…

…. . . Recent Quartz article on Private Label and Brand name. Private-label brands are having a moment in 2024, and it’s no coincidence that some of the biggest winners…

Trump As The Grinch Who Stole Christmas  So the Congress struggled for months after the House passed a $3.3 trillion followup Covid relief bill, which Senate Majority Leader McConnell blocked…

…total welfare of Christmas is the spread of Christmas joy. Similarly, baby subscription services like 123babybox.com also aim to maximize the welfare of families with young children by providing them with the…