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Christmas is the time of holiday cheer, filled with presents and singing and all those you hold dear. But we’ve all heard of a certain green fellow, who used to hate Christmas out loud with a bellow. But as the story goes, his heart grew in size, and with it his holiday cheer did arise! You know who we’re talking about the one and only Grinch, of course! One of Dr. Seuss’ most memorable characters, the Grinch first sprang to life on the pages of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! , originally published in 1957. The children’s book quickly became a holiday hit, making its way to the silver screen with the 1966 TV classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, crowned as one of the best Christmas movies of all time, it features the classic Christmas song , “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” From there, the spin-offs just kept coming, including the 2000 live-adaptation movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas , starring Jim Carrey, and the 2018 animated film, The Grinch , featuring Benedict Cumberba...

Everything moves faster these days than a decade ago: financial transactions, internet speeds, fashion stylesheck, even athletes. So why is it that I used to be able to fly from my hometown of Phoenix to Las Vegas in about 45 minutes, but when I went last week, that same flight was listed at just over an hour? To get to the bottom of things, I turned to a former flight attendant who offered insight and advice. Keep reading to find out just how much longer flights have gotten in the past decade, the reasons for the slowdown and expert tips for booking a flight with the greatest chances of being on time. Get Readers Digest s Read Up newsletter for more travel, tech, cleaning, humor and fun facts all week long. How much longer are flights? Flight times are longer across the boardfor all routes. For instance, according to a New York Times analysis of Bureau of Transportation Statistics data, the average scheduled flight duration from New York’s JFK airport to Los Angeles’s LAX airp...

Buckle up, everyone: Astrologers around the globeincluding meare saying that 2025 just may be the most significant year in our lifetimes. Change is the key word of the year, with Pluto in Aquarius shaking things up. This tiny planet is all about self-transformation, and it wants you to create a new kind of world for yourself, your loved ones and everyone else. All the horoscopes for 2025 reflect that to some degree. While theres no crystal ball to tell you exactly what will happen, we do have some very strong clues as to whats in store and how to navigate it allyour career, romance, friendships and more. The main thing to remember is that anything goes this year, and its the start of a whole new era for you. Read on to find out exactly how this will affect your zodiac sign in the coming months, along with which months will be lucky and challenging for you in 2025. Because while everything may be changing, it certainly helps to be as prepared as possible! Get Reader’s Digest s Rea...

Have you looked at your January 2025 calendar yet? At first glance, it looks pretty standard: a new year, a fresh start and the illusion of finally getting your life together. But take a closer look, and you’ll notice something bizarre. Becauseand I’m quoting hereWTF. Technically, those three letters stand for something innocuous, but most of us know the acronym for its shocked-face emoji meaning. And no, we’re not spelling out that other meaning of “WTF.” (This is a family-friendly publication, after all!) So when that little abbreviation shows up on the very first days of the new year, people naturally worry that it’s a harbinger of what the next year may hold. But before you panic, we promise it all makes sense. Kind of. Sort of. OK, maybe not. Read on to understand the mystery, the reactions and what other calendar weirdness you can expect in 2025. Get Reader’s Digest s Read Up newsletter for more fun facts, humor, cleaning, tech and travel all week long. What’s so strange ab...

A holiday invite to a royal estate sounds pretty magical to us. Just think of the fairy-tale-like setting and all the festive foods those lucky enough to be on the guest list get to enjoy for royal Christmas dinner and lunch . And who wouldn’t love a peek into the lives of the king, queen and other senior British royals behind closed doors? As tempting as it seems, however, we might want to be careful what we wish for. The late Princess Diana, a regular at the royal Christmas festivities after marrying into The Firm, reportedly “hated” spending the holidays with her royal in-laws at Sandringham, according to Andrew Morton, author of Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words, and other royal biographers. And it wasn’t just the fact that the Princess of Wales felt anything but comfortable around senior members of Charles’s family. There was also one particular royal Christmas tradition Diana couldn’t get her head around. In fact, she was “mortified” when she was first invited for the hol...

If you watched the U.S. womens Olympic basketball team dominate in 2024, theres no doubt you saw Napheesa Collier shining bright and leading the way to gold! This wasnt her first golden momentCollier also brought home gold during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, solidifying her reputation as a champion on and off the court. As a dynamic WNBA star for the Minnesota Lynx, Collier has been making waves since she was drafted in 2019. Her 2024 season has been nothing short of extraordinary: She was named WNBA Defensive Player of the Year after earning 36 votes from a panel of 60 media experts. She also snagged MVP honors during the Lynxs thrilling win in the 2024 WNBA Commissioners Cup Championship and made her fourth WNBA All-Star Game appearance. But whats really exciting is whats coming next. The trailblazer has teamed up with fellow WNBA star Breanna Stewart to launch Unrivaled, a groundbreaking 3-on-3 womens basketball league set to debut in January 2025. This league is set to r...