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Even though studios have mostly abandoned straight-up comedies on the big screen, there have still been plenty of laughs to be found in the cinema of 2022. In fact, some of the year's biggest laughs came from movies that you wouldn't immediately classify as comedies. Horror, fantasy, sci-fi, and even a couple prestige dramas vying for awards came accompanied with some truly hilarious moments. A couple of these movies may even be funnier than some full-fledged comedies that hit theaters and streaming this year. But no matter what genre the laughs came from, we wanted to round-up some of the...

A man wearing a Santa hat surfs on Sydney’s Bondi Beach as thousands flock to the ocean to celebrate Christmas Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008.Rick Rycroft, Associated Press Many Americans celebrate Christmas with a new pair of pajamas, a stocking hung on the mantel, a candy-covered gingerbread house and presents from Santa Claus. But nations around the world celebrate Christmas in their own way. Many people in Japan prefer Kentucky Fried Chicken for their holiday dinner and in Austria, Santa has a terrifying sidekick. Check out 10 unique Christmas traditions from around the world. Related America’s favorite Christmas foods ranked. Where...

I really enjoyed Rob Zombie’s love letter to THE MUNSTERS earlier this year, and it even got me to check out the o.g. Munsters movie MUNSTER GO HOME!. But Zombie’s movie did not go over well with or cause much of a splash among the general public, and now there’s this Netflix show Wednesday, based on Munsters rival The Addams Family, which is actually a huge streaming hit (and which I have to admit I like even more than THE MUNSTERS). So it kinda looks like a Photon Warrior to Lazer Tag situation for ol’ Herman and Lily. Or Gobots...

Emily and her son Alexander, who passed away unexpectedly last year. In My Story, readers share their unique, life-changing experiences. This week we hear from Emily Cooper, who’s 34 and based in Lancaster. Alexander was a very placid boy, one of those totally joyous toddlers. Anybody that looked after him used to tell us what a lovely, easy child he was. His three loves were: any and all vehicles, but especially cars (we have about a million of them in the house), his Peter Rabbit teddy, and ice cream. He always wanted ice cream. It was just a normal Christmas last...

As the temperature gauge drops, Ettie Neil-Gallacher looks at those houses with little warmth and suggests useful tips to keep out the coldI can’t exactly claim to have been brought up in cold houses. I realise that this is a distinctly non-U admission, so I need to clarify things a little. I grew up in London with parents whose differing views about what to do with a thermostat were so entrenched it took them to the brink of divorce. Instead of calling it quits, however, they healthily settled on separate bedrooms. My Scotch father’s was unheated, year round, and he...