Tag: holidays
What to have on hand during the holidays
Jen has never met a cookie she didn't adore. Find out what she likes to give her nieces and nephews when they stop by around Christmas.
How to accommodate your new holiday puppy
Consider the selection process, separation anxiety and potential behavioral problems when thinking about getting a new puppy during the holidays.
Home remedies for the holidays
The holiday season is full of celebrations, decorations and shopping for gifts. Unfortunately it is also full of colds, sluggish digestion and dry skin.
The bird that would not cook
It's easy to get testy when your endless time in the kitchen making sides has been overshadowed by a stubborn bird.
5 pie baking tips for the holidays
These tips cover everything from the crust and the filling to baking times and techniques.
It’s OK to grieve
Grieving the loss of a loved one is difficult any time of year, but the holiday season can really magnify any feelings of loss and sadness. There is no right way to grieve, but the important thing is to let it happen.
From Santa to shopping: The origins of Christmas traditions
The first traces of wrapping paper and decorations arrive in stores as early as September, transforming the holiday into a much more secular celebration than its modest Christian beginnings.
Deck the halls with gravy boats
Someone shanghaied my gravy boats. In the wee hours of Thanksgiving morn there must have been a wee gravy mutiny, because I realized I...
Planning happy holidays
Over the river and through the wood to Grandmother’s house we go!
It’s a refrain as old as the hills — or at least as...
Labor Day by the numbers
The first observance of Labor Day was likely on Sept. 5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers assembled in New York City for a parade.
