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10 Christmas Fails to Get You Through the Holidays

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:30:16 +0000

Attention everyone: we now officially have T-minus eight days until Christmas, and preparation time is running out faster than we can shove holiday cookies in our mouths. We still have to buy last-minute presents, dig out those stockings from the back of our closets and make time for that awful office party.

Do You Prefer 'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy Holidays'? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:10:35 +0000

The holiday season presents a bit of a greeting conundrum. Do you say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy holidays"? This decision weighs particularly heavily on retailers, who want to use verbiage that encourages the widest swath of Americans to spend money at their stores.

Katy Perry and Russell Brand Spend Holidays Apart as Rumors of Troubled Marriage Continue

Alanna Conaway — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:30:29 +0000

Katy Perry and Russell Brand have been dealing with their share of rumors that their marriage of 14 months has been on the rocks. After spending the Christmas holiday many miles apart, fuel has been added to that fire. Perry basked in the sunshine in Hawaii, donning a tiny bikini — and not sporting her [...]

Why Do the Holidays Make Us So Nostalgic?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:00:16 +0000

There’s something about the holiday season that often makes us all a little nostalgic. And it’s not just the result of carefully-crafted marketing by retailers — psychological experts say that wistful feeling has an actual purpose.

Krystine Batcho, a professor of psychology at Le Moyne College in New York, says nostalgia helps us feel connected to one another and can even ease pain during a crisis.