Unique Holiday Traditions Gift Guide
For many people, celebrating the winter holidays means marking it in eccentric and sometimes downright inexplicable ways.
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A Place Where It Snows All Summer
At a factory in western New York, the holiday décor brand Buffalo Snow has been manufacturing blizzards for almost 40 years.
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Photos: Juneteenth Celebrations in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn
Fort Greene Park is the move, just as it has been since 2020. The Lay Out, a series of summer gatherings intended “to center Black joy,” returned on Sunday.
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With Brute Force and Steel, This Artist Creates Works of Ephemeral Beauty
A YouTube rabbit hole led Blanka Amezkua to a small Mexican town and the centuries-old craft of papel picado — chiseling intricate patterns into colorful paper flags.