and quickly mutated into a "right jolly old elf" thanks to the 1823 poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas," commonly known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." By 1890, children could meet live ...

It took "soul-destroying" hours late into the night for a dozen inexperienced programmers like Keith Hamilton to meet the July deadline. The DMA Design staff, all "geeks" in their early 20s, were ...