· Here now, government homes dolled up for the holidays [CurbedNational]
· Here's 17 seconds of people singing about the fiscal cliff to the tunes of Christmas carols [Patch]
· Steven Pinker gives a tour of his very old Boston loft [FT]
· Creator of 'Raising Hope' has roots in Arlington [WaPo]
· How to avoid common problems that derail home sales [WSJ]