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all i want for christmas

1990s Holiday Music Is The Perfect Nostalgia Storm

All I want for Christmas is to listen exclusively to it.

Grinch No More

I Get It. I Used To Hate The Holidays, Too.

Everything felt like a tinsel-filled pressure cooker. Something had to give.

It's Bogus!

Justice For All The Christmas Movie Moms

Why do they all get such a raw deal?

Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images, Samuel Bristow
ho ho no

I Failed My 10 Year Old's Diabolical Santa Test

My kid tricked me Christmas morning. What happened after ended up being OK.

We've All Done It

32 Holidays Lies Parents Admit They’ve Told Their Kids

“Dad is allergic to elf glitter, so Santa can’t send an Elf on the Shelf.”

fa la la la no

It’s Ok If Your First Post-Divorce Holiday Doesn’t Look Like It ‘Should’

You’re doing so much better than you think.

not even coal

To All The Moms Who Fill Their Own Stockings

Here’s some big love for the “empty stocking” moms.

You're Welcome

Moms Reveal The Passive Aggressive Gifts They’ve Always Wanted To Give Their Partners

This is the only gift guide you’ll need this year.

Cut, tape, wrap, repeat
Christmas Eve Is Always A Sh*tshow Of Chaos

Overblown holiday expectations sprinkled with a dash of procrastination is a recipe for mayhem.

by Meg St-Esprit
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Best Time Of The Year

Yes, I Have Already Decorated For Christmas

Is it ever too soon?

seriously!?!?

I Wanna Be A Man On Thanksgiving

For once I want dinner to appear magically before me, after a long afternoon of football.