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COVER STORY: What makes for an excellent Christmas music?The preferred and enduring Christmas songs, from “Jingle Bells” to “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” share many traits, in response to musicologist Joe Bennett. He talks with David Pogue about the commonest songwriting parts that make an excellent Christmas basic. Then, Pogue tries his hand at composing a vacation music, “The Sound of Christmas,” which is given its world premiere efficiency by Broadway star Kerry Butler.
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ALMANAC: December 14“Sunday Morning” seems again at historic occasions on this date.
‘TIS THE SEASON: Bûche de Noël: A traditional Christmas treatCreated in France in the late nineteenth century, Bûche de Noël is a favorite Christmas delicacy: a rolled chocolate cake that is a little piece of art. Alina Cho talks with food historian Loïc Bienassis about the dessert’s origins, whereas pastry chef Mickaël Marsollier discusses variations on the standard Bûche.
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A portrait of English novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817).
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BOOKS: Jane Austen at 250: Celebrating a author nonetheless inspiring new chaptersHer enduring romances, together with “Pride and Prejudice,” “Sense and Sensibility,” and “Emma,” made British author Jane Austen one of many brightest names in literature – and the beloved topic of a yearlong celebration marking the 250th anniversary of her delivery. Seth Doane visits Tub, England, the setting for 2 of the Regency Period creator’s six novels, and talks with Devoney Looser, creator of “Wild for Austen.” Doane additionally visits the set of a forthcoming miniseries impressed by Austen’s characters, “The Other Bennet Sister.”
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Jane Austen Pageant, Tub, U.Ok.
janeausten.co.uk
“Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane” by Devoney Looser (St. Martin’s Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio Codecs, obtainable through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
The World Jane Austen: Celebrating and Commemorating 250 years of Jane Austen, at College of Southampton, England
“The Other Bennet Sister” will premiere in 2026 on BBC One and Britbox
The Jane Austen Society of North America
janeausten.org
U.S.: Steps of Religion: How Jason Sudeikis and mates introduced hope and charity to amputeesTwenty years in the past, when Kansas Metropolis musician Billy Brimblecom Jr. was identified with most cancers, he went by 13 rounds of chemotherapy, and finally misplaced a leg. One in every of his oldest mates, former “SNL” and “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis, rallied to his trigger, serving to elevate funds to pay for a prosthetic leg. Since then, Sudeikis, Brimblecom and mates have held an annual fundraiser, referred to as Thundergong, that has helped greater than 2,000 amputees everywhere in the nation pay for prosthetics by the Steps of Religion Basis. Lee Cowan studies.
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PASSAGE: In memoriam“Sunday Morning” remembers a number of the notable figures who left us this week.
U.S.: What are the prospects for laid-off employees?In 2025, greater than 1.1 million People had been laid off from their jobs, essentially the most because the 2020 COVID pandemic. The layoffs had been in quite a few industries, by corporations of all sizes, whilst company earnings stay excessive. Elaine Quijano talks with enterprise specialists who talk about why corporations resort to layoffs and the psychological injury attributable to firings, and why synthetic intelligence shouldn’t be filling these jobs – but.
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COMMENTARY: Worry of flying: Religion Salie on Secretary Duffy and the pajama resistanceWhen Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admonished air vacationers who didn’t “dress up” for his or her flights, flyers responded – by carrying pajamas. Religion Salie seems at what vacationers consider the Secretary’s flight of fancy.
MOVIES: Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson on the musical alchemy of “Song Sung Blue”Of their new film, “Song Sung Blue,” Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson play Mike and Claire Sardina, the real-life musical impersonators who sang as Neil Diamond and Patsy Cline. Jackman reveals to Tracy Smith how he “discovered” his co-star (watching her sing on “CBS Sunday Morning”!) and their shared chemistry, whereas Hudson talks about enjoying a much less glamorous function.
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WORLD: Eulogies communicate to heroism, as Ukrainians bury their battle deadIn the Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv, time actually stops as three fallen warriors are laid to relaxation. Holly Williams studies on how the town mourns its heroes – praising their sons’ braveness, whereas channeling their grief into Ukraine’s ongoing protection towards Vladimir Putin’s invaders.
‘TIS THE SEASON: A guide to “Made in America” holiday gifts, state by stateThe Made in America Holiday Gift Guide promotes products made in America – from cowboy hat racks produced in Wyoming, to giant stuffed animals from South Carolina. The list includes more than 150 companies from all 50 states. Luke Burbank talks with some of the small business owners for whom being included in this year’s present information feels fairly near a Christmas miracle.
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NATURE: Snow in South Dakota
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‘TIS THE SEASON: 2025 holiday gift ideas from Techno ClausWho dresses as St. Nick and speaks an odd brogue? Why, it’s Techno Claus, a.ok.a. David Pogue! He gives “Sunday Morning” viewers his helpful suggestions for the gadget lovers in your gift-giving listing.
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