--- title: December 19th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 25 & 26 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/4594940/december-19th-2016-vol-188-no-25-26-u-s/ og:title: December 19th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 25 & 26 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/us/4594940/december-19th-2016-vol-188-no-25-26-u-s/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61483e54222bface/6988b209a988ca0fb36ba619/cover-final.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2363 og:image:height: 1329 og:image:alt: cover-final og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: December 19th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 25 & 26 | U.S. twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61483e54222bface/6988b209a988ca0fb36ba619/cover-final.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # December 19, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 25 & 26December 19, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 25 & 26  Issue name December 19th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 25 & 26 | U.S. Issue date December 19, 2016 Location U.S. Related categories [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [U.S. Presidents](/vault/subject/u-s-presidents/) [Influence](/vault/subject/influence/) [Person of the Year](/vault/subject/person-of-the-year/) [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsU.S. ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The Best of Culture 2016 ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### In 2016, Lies, the Whole Lies and Nothing but the Lies ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### The Teddy Awards, Even In a Year That Set New Lows for Politicians [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Amazing Grace ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### The Choice (8 Dec 2016) December 19th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 25 & 26 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"December 19th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 25 & 26 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/4594940/december-19th-2016-vol-188-no-25-26-u-s/"}]}]} ```