Now bring us the Yuletide brisket: Dec. 24 is Chrismukkah

 Karolyn Feeks Maws and Tony Maws are raising Charlie, 8, in Jewish and Christian traditions.

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Christmas Eve collides with the first night of Hanukkah on Dec. 24 this year, giving interfaith families lots to celebrate.

Spotlight Follow-up

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Boston?s Thornton Law Firm, already under investigation for campaign donations, is at the center of controversy over overstated legal fees.

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About 4. 5 inches of snow fell in Boston, and roads could become icy this evening, forecasters said.

Secretary of State John Kerry will step down next month from the post he has held since 2013.

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Kerry leaving legacy of hope in role at State

The secretary of state reflected on his tenure in a wide-ranging interview with the Globe.

The transition to Trump

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In a letter in The Salt Lake Tribune, Mitt Romney said he would have ?been more than willing? to shape US foreign policy.

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President-elect Donald Trump said in a tweet Saturday night that China can keep the US Navy drone they seized.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/trump.jpg It?s a very Putin-Trump Christmas on ?SNL?

?We think you are the best candidate, the smartest candidate, the Manchurian candidate,? Beck Bennett?s Putin told Alec Baldwin?s Trump.

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Operators of the Patriot News Agency had an explicitly partisan motivation: getting Trump elected.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-12285.jpg It is time to fight to maintain choice

When it comes to choice, women in Massachusetts will not be dragged back into the last century. If only those in other states were as fortunate.

Kevin Cullen

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It might have been fitting if Dean Wormer, he of ?Animal House? fame, magically appeared at a Babson College disciplinary board meeting Friday.

Bonnie Bruce is the mother of a Vermont woman, Tamara, who was found the day after Thanksgiving passed out from heroin in her car with her fiance and their two young children.

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?Heroin is the worst thing in the world?

The public saw only the sordid side: two parents passed out on drugs, two little children in the car. Unseen was the circle of love trying to save them.

Globe Santa

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Every Globe Santa delivery starts with a letter to St. Nick, but getting the presents to households takes a lot more than eight tiny reindeer.

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The generosity of dance troupes across the country who loaned costumes allowed the show to go on, said the Festival Ballet Providence dancers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/greenhouse_zomeaningful-3_regional.jpg For some people, ?most wonderful time of the year? is a bummer

But for others, feelings of loneliness, alienation, and depression can become opportunities for change.

Style Watch

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Create a festive look without the tree and the red and green color scheme for a seasonal display that lasts.

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The Hyatt Place St. Paul/Downtown is a new hotel in the city?s former post office.

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Facing history during a turbulent present

Brookline-based Facing History and Ourselves finds its mission ? mobilizing students to confront hate ? is more relevant than ever.

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This week?s episode wouldn?t have been complete with at least one or two jabs at Boston. It delivered.

Brainiac

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Scientists tried to identify every chemical to create a lifestyle profile that tells us what the cellphone owner likes to eat, wear, and do.

Starts & Stops

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?It?s unfortunate that things didn?t line up perfectly,? said the chief financial officer of MassDOT.

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Blackberry vanilla? Champagne? Just regular vanilla? The Internet can?t seem to agree on what the new mystery drink tastes like.

Patriots at Broncos | Sunday, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/c58bd07de514492eb8a41afb4eb00510-c58bd07de514492eb8a41afb4eb00510-0-11543.jpg Cyrus Jones isn?t going anywhere

The rookie has not performed well on special teams or at cornerback, but the Patriots believe in their second-round pick.

Special reports

special report

Every doctor told the Lacey family their son would die ? except one

Pat and Dina Lacey had been parents for only a few months when doctors discovered a tumor in their new baby?s chest. Told to take their son home to die, they put their faith in a young doctor who wouldn?t accept death as the answer.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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The lack of public oversight at the agency, even as taxpayers pick up the bill, has no justification.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20160923_SAMentalHealth_312.jpg The San Antonio solution

How one Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Real Estate

Home of the week: A five-bedroom fully restored Victorian in Dorchester

Everybody needs options, the opportunity to see what life is like on the other side of the door. This fully restored Victorian in Dorchester?s Meetinghouse Hill neighborhood offers choices, particularly for where the master can lay his or her head.

Travel

Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club on Cape Cod is offering a Happy Campers package.

Travel

Here, there, and everywhere

Hassled parents all agree: It?s never too early to plan for February school break. With that in mind, Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club on Cape Cod is offering a Happy Campers package.