First Links–12.17.14

‘Islamic Doll’ for Children Launched in Britain
Claire Carter, Mail Online

A Point of View: The Strangely Enduring Power of Kitsch
Roger Scruton, BBC News Magazine

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Margaret O’Brien Steinfels, dotCommonweal

Always Winter, Never Christmas
B.D. McClay, Fare Forward

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