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SCOTT SIMON EXAMINES THE ORIGIN OF MANY WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOLIDAY...AND SOME CHRISTMAS PUNS...WITH WORD SPECIALIST RICHARD LEDERER.

SCOTT VISITS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST MISSIONS FOR THE DOWN-AND-OUT, WHERE STRICT RULES ARE STILL THE RULE AND LISTENING TO A STERN SERMON IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE SEEKING A MEAL.

NPR SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT JOE PALCA REPORTS ON HOW THE DISCOVERY OF THE X-RAY, ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, HAS CHANGED THE WORLD.

Daniel talks with astronomer Andrew Fraknoy about the making of a new star. This past week, the Hubble space telescope beamed dramatic pictures a star embryo back to earth.

SCOTT SPEAKS NPR'S MARA LIASSON ON THE LATEST EFFORTS BY THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO RE-OPEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TO GET FURLOUGHED WORKERS BACK ON THE JOB.

Reporter Mike Villars reports on a follow-up meeting in Philadelphia to last month's Million Man March. Civic leaders met at a church yesterday and discussed plans to revitalize African American businesses in their city and recruit more blacks as teachers.

NPR'S MARA LIASSON REPORTS ON HOW PRESIDENT CLINTON IS TRYING TO BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HIS PROPOSAL TO SEND 25-THOUSAND U.S. GROUND TROOPS TO BOSNIA ONCE A PEACE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH WRITER/PRODUCER SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH ABOUT HIS LATEST BOOK, THE PRIVATE LIFE OF PLANTS. THE BOOK IS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF A TBS CABLE SPECIAL BEGINNNING THIS COMING MONDAY. (THE PRIVATE LIFE OF PLANTS, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS)

NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDBARB HONORS ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF FILM MAKING.