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Hallelujah! After a year filled with cataclysms, events, rebrands and more alien invasions than I can count, I'm feeling luckier than ever to still be here writing my little column filling you in on all the most delicious holiday gossip. Yes, it's the most wonderful time of the year and there's more to pile on your plate here than at Christmas dinner at Wayne Manor—and I would know seeing as me and Alfred go waaaay back. There’s more juicy tidbits than you’ll find in a Big Belly Burger Christmas combo with extra gravy washed down with a peppermint mocha shake and… You know what? I’m going to stop these tasty metaphors before I fall into a figurative food coma. But it’s time to grab your favorite stocking, hide your schnapps from Santa, and join me on a magical sleigh ride through the gossip of Gotham and beyond, beginning with one of the brightest lights of all...
RUMOR: Looks Like John Stewart is on Mrs. Claus' Nice List
Whether he's getting adapted by Damon Lindlof and Tom King or inspiring a new statue in sunny Burbank, CA, John Stewart is proving to be the most popular member of the Lantern Corps as we head into 2025. So, it makes sense that he's been making some famous friends as we head into the Christmas season. And I'm not talking about any of his fellow Justice Leaguers. Uh uh uh! He's in the big leagues, as my merry elf army reported that after very naughtily claiming that he doesn't believe in Santa Claus, the green-hued hunk was visited by none other than Mrs. Claus herself with the two journeying far and wide to deliver joy to all.
Basically, if you thought you saw a green drone in the skies above Metropolis, it was far more likely to be a very merry John Stewart and his new red-garmented ride-along! And if that's not enough excitement for one Christmas Eve, it looks like there's a new Lantern in town as a li'l Robin told me—as in the bird, not the constantly endangered children—that Mrs. Claus got imbued with the power of Lantern's light, creating a new holly jolly hero with a delightful icy Christmas look that I think a certain Victor Fries might be a fan of. Just don't tell his wife...
ITEM: Constantine's Not So Merry Christmas
Look, I know that it might seem strange for me to be celebrating a bad day for one of our more magical mirthmakers, but I can't help it. I'm still a li'l bit salty about the fact that a certain John Constantine never called me after a very interesting night in Gorilla City. So yes, it may have brought a smile to my face when I heard that his demonic doppelganger gave him a cheeky Christmas surprise via some bog monsters in a Hallmark Movie-inspired adventure that left our jolly John a little green around the gills.
Let's just say that the charming occultist isn't very fond of wassailing, ice skating, or drinking warm cocoa by the fire. This is the kind of hot holiday action I could have gotten in on if either of the hunky Scots, demonic or otherwise, had bothered to invite me!!
CALLOUT: Santa Baby! Put Those Hunky Arms Around Me
If you were wondering why Santa wasn't the one to take John Stewart on a sleigh ride through the skies, well that's likely because he's been helping out some of the world’s other heroes, including the young Damian Wayne. Sipping an overpriced cider at the Blüdhaven Christmas market, I noticed it’s been going viral on BlipTok that Santa has indeed lived up to his many promises and come to town, wielding two giant axes and some mighty impressive biceps. What do I want for Christmas? Well, I wouldn't say no to being saved by this hunky fur-wrapped Kringle-bear, but it seems he's far too busy hunting an evil appropriately Christmas-themed ghostly Knight.
Before I head out to the Luthorcorp Christmas party—of course he's evil, but don't you know that evil rich corporations have the best parties?—I want to say thank you to my intrepid editor Tim Beedle for believing in this often near-libelous column! And of course I want to extend my deep thanks to you, my rabid readership, as without you and your love for the DC Universe I'd never be able to keep you up to date on the wildest superhero shenanigans and keep the lights on at Chez Knight!
So I bid you a happy holidays, a fantastic new year, and peace to all men and metahumans. This is Rosie Knight signing off for one last time in 2024, reminding you to spread the wickedly wonderful and wild word…as long as you tell me first!
Rosie Knight is an award-winning journalist and author who loves Swamp Thing, the DC Cosmic and writing the monthly gossip column here at DC.com. You can also listen to her waxing lyrical about comics, movies and more each week as she co-hosts Crooked Media's pop-culture podcast, X-Ray Vision.
NOTE: The views and opinions expressed in this feature are solely those of Rosie Knight and do not necessarily reflect those of DC or Warner Bros. Discovery, nor should they be read as confirmation or denial of future DC plans.