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Category: Holidays and Special Occasions
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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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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.
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What Is Black Love Day?
On Feb. 13, 1993, Ayo Handy-Kendi, a community organizer and native of Washington, D.C., created the holiday to celebrate communal love and pride in being “unapologetically Black.”
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My Family Was Back in Las Vegas for Christmas. The World Was Ours.
After a pandemic hiatus, my family was finally back in Las Vegas for Christmas, and we were up $1.25. The world was ours.
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A Holiday Celebration Inspired by Old New York
The Old Stone Trade founder Melissa Ventosa Martin and the One Of designer Patricia Voto channeled the Gilded Age to fete their evening-wear collaboration.
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Holiday Spending Increased, Defying Fears of a Decline
While the pace of growth slowed, spending stayed strong because of robust job growth and strong wage gains.
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For the Holidays, Some Parents Are Leaving Their Adult Children Behind
Some parents of adult children have made the bold choice to forgo family traditions this holiday season.
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Readers Share Their Favorite Holiday and Christmas Movies
There’s no “Bah, humbug” here.