

Susan Shain
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Doing Less for the Holidays
Some people respond to the stress of the season by adopting a Marie Kondo approach: relinquishing the rituals that no longer bring them joy.

Can This Deck of Cards Make Your Partner Do More Chores?
The Fair Play system, a word-of-mouth hit, seeks to bring so-called invisible labor out into the open.

Mistletoe: A Brief and Strange History
How a hemiparasitic shrub became a symbol of romantic high jinks and holiday cheer.

Day 9: The Magic of Less ‘Holiday Magic’
Some people respond to the stress of the season by adopting a Marie Kondo approach: relinquishing the rituals that no longer bring them joy.

Day 8: Listen to Mark Ronson’s Funky Holiday Playlist
What the DJ spins while wrapping presents and sipping whiskey.

Day 1: The Joy of Counting Down
How Advent calendars became a treasured ritual, even when the chocolate is bad.