The Greatest Christmas Album of All Time
With all due respect to Mariah. By Keith Plocek Is there a better holiday album than Once Upon a Christmas? That’s a rhetorical question,…
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The Last Christmas With Santa Claus
There Comes a Time “Daaaaaad?” I knew what that stretched out, whiny, questioning tone meant. Every dad knows what that means. Something was wrong….
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What Do Norse Gods and the Headless Horseman Have to Do With Mistletoe?
The historical truth behind mistletoe-forced kissing.
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$100 at Gansevoort
In a very recent two week-long study of New York’s holiday-gifting procrastination habits, Whalebone’s Division of Late Holiday Affairs found that 3 of 4 aspiring gift…
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7 Christmas Movies That Should Be in Your VCR This Holiday Season
Surely, sometime in the next week, we all will find ourselves in a place that one wouldn’t exactly consider “desirable”. A small seat aboard…
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An Interview with the Lovely Missus Behind the Mall Santa Factory
Admittedly, I originally set out to track down and schedule a mall Santa for this Christmas interview… but mall Santas are far more busy/elusive than I…
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Christmas Stories: The Last House in the Old Neighborhood
Sometimes you need something to make you stop and remember what Christmas is really all about. A few years ago, I did. You see,…
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Live Like a King with Americana Manhasset
Unless you are an actual king, there’s a good chance that you’ve found living like a king to be difficult. Most of us are…
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The Official 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
Unlike the many other gift guides fighting for real estate under your wonderfully-scented Christmas tree this year, we don’t have some crazy intense, high-tech…
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6 Ways to Get Kicked Out of Your Office Holiday Party This Year
December… peak season for co-worker camaraderie and office encounters of the awkward kind. Yes, it’s that special time of year when the usually razor-edged…
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8 East End Getaways for the Winter Season
We know what you’re thinking. “Montauk? In the winter? People do that?” Truthfully… not really. But if you’re looking for a place to gather…
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The Weekly Best: Christmas Edition
This week on the Internet, we unwrapped 5 digital gifts via a wild cast of both likely and unlikely Christmas givers. Will Ferrell gave…
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Christmas Finds: Cabin Porn
Look, there’s a strong probability that you’ve never heard of Zach Klein. Moreover, if I told you that Zach (and a group of friends)…
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Bill Murray Can Crash Here
There’s an ol’ saying that a certain someone might not be the person you want, but the person you need (or something like that)….
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