This Sunday, CBS News Sunday Morning serves up its usual eclectic mix of segments, hitting the holiday notes while still making room for serious news and a couple of worthwhile interviews. The enduring appeal of Handel’s “Messiah”? David Pogue investigates. How a gingerbread house competition is helping Asheville, N.C. recover from storms? Conor Knighton’s on the case.
The episode’s big gets are filmmaker Werner Herzog, talking to Ben Mankiewicz about his career and memoir, and Darren Criss, the former “Glee” star currently on Broadway in “Maybe Happy Ending.” Kelefa Sanneh sits down with Criss.
But the episode isn’t all festive cheer. Seth Doane examines the complex history of Israeli settlements on the West Bank, and Tom Hanson updates viewers on those mysterious drone sightings along the East Coast.
Historian Douglas Brinkley offers some personal reflections on Bob Dylan, and Bishop Mariann Budde and Rabbi Steve Leder provide some spiritual context for the holidays.
