| The most popular New Year's resolution for 2018 isn't about our waistlines |
| A new Marist Poll found "being a better person" is the most popular New Year's resolution for 2018. Three cheers for humanity! It begs the question: What does being a good person actually mean? Social psychologists, ethicists and religious leaders say the short answer is someone who is good to everybody — to people in their group (family, friends), and especially those outside of it (strangers, those of a different race or ethnicity). If you want to take stock of how good you actually are, experts say start not by making a list of all the good things you know you've done this year, but of all the bad things you've likely done. In other words, take a hard look at yourself. |
| For those of us who know today is Boxing Day but literally have no idea what that means |
| Back at work on the day after Christmas? Your Canadian neighbors likely won't be. That's because, like many other former and current British colonies — and, of course, in the United Kingdom — Dec. 26 is Boxing Day, an official holiday (that has nothing to do with pugilism). The moniker comes from the tradition of "Christmas boxes," gifts of money or goods given to tradespeople and servants on the day after Christmas, which they would then take home to their families (on Christmas Day they were obviously busy waiting on their masters). The tradition is mentioned in an entry in Samuel Pepys' diaries from 1663. What do people do on Boxing Day now? Apparently, they shop. |
| A deep freeze |
| Can we go back in time and ask Santa for a ski mask? The National Weather Service said Tuesday that the white Christmas much of the Northeast and Midwest enjoyed has given way to bitter cold until the New Year. Meteorologists warn of subzero frigid arctic air and dangerously cold wind chills. It will be cold and snowy for much of the northern and higher-elevation areas of the country. Snowfalls of 3-4 feet — the largest of the season so far — are expected for the next few days east of Lakes Erie and Ontario. |
| Taking a look at how Trump upended the world order in 2017 |
| President Trump vowed he would put "America First" in world affairs, even if it disrupted the way the world operated. And boy, did he. We made a list of 10 ways he snubbed world conventions and provoked international outcries. The highlights: 1. On his first official workday in office, Trump pulled the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. 2. In his first week in office, he issued a travel ban on people from eight countries (the current ban revises that list). 3. Trump ordered the government in June to stop implementing the Paris climate agreement. 4. He threatened nuclear war with North Korea. 5. And in December he recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, which angered Muslim nations and drew a rebuke from 128 countries at the United Nations last week. |
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| Now to take your mind off all that |
| Movies. There are so many great ones taking up real estate in theaters, but there's also bound to be a few that you missed these past 12 months. So we rounded up some of our favorite overlooked gems that you can stream at home. There's "Raw," a French cannibal thriller that had moviegoers vomiting and passing out in theaters (you may want to hold the popcorn); "Beach Rats," a gritty coming-of-age drama; and "The Book of Henry," a revenge story that fully earns its so-bad-it's-good reputation. See the full list here. |
| This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY. |
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