Friday Photo: Beary Christmas

LISA MAREE WILLIAMS/Getty Images A Kodiak bear receives a Christmas treat at Taronga Zoo on December 20, 2007 in Sydney, Australia. Taronga Zoo celebrated Christmas early by giving treats to the zoo’s giraffes, Kodiak bears, chimpanzees, and lions–providing a wonderful natural display for zoo visitors. And with that, Happy Holidays and safe travels, everyone. We’ll ...

By , a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 20: A Kodiak bear receives a Christmas treat at Taronga Zoo on December 20, 2007 in Sydney, Australia.Taronga Zoo celebrated Christmas early giving treats to the zoo's giraffes, Kodiak bears, chimpanzees and lions providing a wonderful natural display for zoo visitors. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)s) (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

LISA MAREE WILLIAMS/Getty Images

LISA MAREE WILLIAMS/Getty Images

A Kodiak bear receives a Christmas treat at Taronga Zoo on December 20, 2007 in Sydney, Australia. Taronga Zoo celebrated Christmas early by giving treats to the zoo’s giraffes, Kodiak bears, chimpanzees, and lions–providing a wonderful natural display for zoo visitors.

And with that, Happy Holidays and safe travels, everyone. We’ll see you next Wednesday, December 26, when (light) posting resumes. The Morning Brief will be back on January 2.

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Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.

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