Christmas at the White House, the year's worst Twitter fails, and more

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION Chuck Hagel: Have Republicans preemptively sunk another Obama nominee? Susan Rice bailed on her secretary of state bid after GOP hectoring. Now Obama's reported pick for defense is on the ropes, too WORLD OPINION The origin story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer How, exactly, did the most famous reindeer of all get so famous? FILM + TV 12 unconventional Christmas movies From Christmas Eve heists to killer Santas, here are a dozen holiday movies for anyone who's seen Miracle on 34th Street or It's a Wonderful Life one too many times MEDIA The year's 9 most hilarious New York Times corrections Egregiously, the Gray Lady mistook My Little Pony's Fluttershy for Twilight Sparkle FROM OUR PARTNERS AT POLITICAL WIRE Why Obama isn't caving on the fiscal cliff‬ The president has talked a lot about bipartisanship. And in this fight, he's determined to squeeze it out of the GOP ENVIRONMENT Cloning the perfect Christmas tree German scientists are embarking on a new project to cut down on waste FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE The worst Twitter fails of 2012 From jokes in poor taste to unsolicited advice from Kim Kardashian, the worst tweets of the year SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE The hidden man of Christmas NEWSER Netflix streaming goes down NEW YORK MAGAZINE 2012: The year in culture POLITICAL WIRE Mitt Romney's son: My dad had 'no desire' to run THE HUFFINGTON POST Judge deals blow to Planned Parenthood Christmas at the White House: A visual history From the Roosevelts to the Obamas, a look back at how First Families have decked their famous halls         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.