by Ann Beach | Dec 31, 2025 | Medicine
A Christmas Carol, a novella of 30,000 words, was written by Charles Dickens in six weeks in 1843. It has never gone out of print. The book’s sustained success has contributed to how Christmas is celebrated and introduced the phrases “Merry Christmas” and “Bah!...
by Ann Beach | Dec 21, 2025 | Medicine
In December, the questions parents ask in the hospital are different. Instead of “Will my child be OK?”, we pediatric hospitalists hear: “We have plane tickets to go skiing for Christmas. Will he be well by then?” “She’ll be home for Christmas, right? We’ve never been...
by Ann Beach | Dec 12, 2025 | Medicine
In the spirit of Christmas, I’ll ask- was Santa Claus a redhead? Lore and traditions link him to red-haired figures like Sinterklaas and St. Nicholas. Modern interpretations like the classic holiday movie, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970), suggest Santa...
