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• Families have long decked out their homes for the holidays.
• Some decorations, such as tinsel, remained in style for decades, even as materials evolved.
• Innovations, such as colorful electric lights and mass-produced flocked trees, modernized displays.

This Christmas, you might be thinking back to

• Smart Technologies CEO Nicholas Svensson calls employees worldwide to gather direct feedback.
• Employees have told him where they think management needs to shift direction.
• Svensson said calls with the company's 600-plus workers help him understand what messages are working.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with

• Elon Musk appears to be feeling the joy this holiday season.
• The Tesla CEO posted to X that he's making an edit to the company's "mission wording."
• In the name of joy, "Sustainable abundance" will be replaced by "amazing abundance," Musk wrote.

Elon Musk wants to bring more joy to the world.

Writing on X on Christmas Eve, Musk said he was switching

• Several destinations plan to raise or introduce tourism taxes in 2026, increasing travel costs.
• Edinburgh, Kyoto, and Barcelona are among these destinations.
• Tourism taxes often aim to manage overtourism or raise revenue for local services.

Tourism can be expensive

Upgrading to the Switch 2 is a big step forward, thanks to the larger screen, new features and improved performance. But shifting to a new console naturally raises the question of what happens to all your games and save data on the one you already have. Thankfully, Nintendo has built a clear System Transfer process that lets you move your account, digital purchases, save files and other key data

• Military branches have different rules when it comes to hands in pockets.
• Regulations vary, with some strictly enforcing the rule and others not really caring at all.
• Other military rules include weird ones on umbrellas, gym bag straps, and neon glow belts.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's crusade

Christmas Day famously belongs to football. This Dec. 25, there are three NFL games to watch: the Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Commanders, the Detroit Lions vs. the Minnesota Vikings and the Denver Broncos vs. Kansas City Chiefs. Here's what you need to know about Thursday's football slate, and the rest of the Week 17 schedule. 

How to watch the NFL Christmas Day games: 

Date: Thursday

• Christina Cassotis went from consulting to leading Pittsburgh International Airport.
• The airport's CEO said a lot happens behind the scenes that passengers don't see.
• Cassotis said there are also a lot of misconceptions about airports.

This is an as-told-to essay

Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that's before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each streamer!

Don't be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch

• Several European airports have been temporarily shut down due to nearby drone sightings.
• Analysts and political leaders believe it's part of Russia's hybrid warfare.
• It could be a sign of worse to come, like exploding packages on flights, analysts say.

It started in Copenhagen. Around 8:30 p.m. on a

• A GOP congresswoman is trying to force a vote on a bill to ban stock trading in Congress.
• Dozens of members of Congress have already signed onto her effort.
• But leaders in both parties are coming up with their own proposals

• Bank CEOs have praised the epochal efficiency changes promised by AI.
• But what does efficiency mean for employees? Does it mean fewer jobs?
• We look at the public record to see what banking's top executives are saying about head count.

When bank CEOs start talking about AI, the financial world lights up — from meme accounts to markets