Around this time last year, we took the time to remind you, our dear, dear readers, that RSS is awesome and that you should really be subscribed to DCist through our RSS feed.

In case you are still clueless, RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and it makes staying up to date with DCist and the other sites you regularly read a thousand times easier. All you need is either a downloadable feed reader (like Vienna) or a web-based reader like Google Reader (extra hint: Bloglines is basically kaput, so if you’re still using it, it’s time to switch to a new one), and then you can add DCist so that it will periodically check for new entries, saving you from constantly hitting your browser’s refresh button.

Simply plug our full text(!) feed URL into your reader of choice, and voilà! And if you already have a reader set up, that link should take care of your subscription automatically. It’s what Santa would want you to do.