Ann Hodgman

Ann Hodgman is the author of more than 50 children's books as well as several cookbooks and humor books, including How to Die of Embarrassment Every Day, Beat This! and I Saw Mommy Kicking Santa Claus. She was a former food columnist for Spy and Eating Well and has written for the New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Food & Wine and the New Yorker.

About 65 percent of Americans will send Christmas letters or cards this holiday season.

The History of Our Love-Hate Relationship With the Christmas Letter

How the "Dear Friends" missive started and how it has survived the Facebook age

To illustrate this article, artist Victoria Villasana applied colorful yarn to a photograph of Fred Rogers wearing his signature zippered cardigan.

Mister Rogers Pioneered Speaking to Kids About Gun Violence

We need the children's television icon now more than ever

After Bing Cros­by turned down “Rudolph,” Gene Autry’s recording became an all-time best seller.

It Could Have Been Reginald the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Inside the very shiny life of a marketing gimmick from 1939

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Land of the Wee

Where else can you decorate the bordello and exercise godlike powers?

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Give Weeds a Chance

How a cultivated dislike of gardening can lead to more time on the porch

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