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Parenting Advice & Columns

Practicing Gratitude: Teacher gifts

Each day, we send our children off to school and their teacher greets them with a smile and ensures that they’re challenged, happy...

Holiday crafts

Create a Christmas memory book

Christmas comes and goes faster than you can say "Santa Claus," and before you know it your family has grown. Capturing the memories...

Crafts

Homemade Christmas ornaments

Love to craft with your kids? Then these homemade ornaments are perfect for you. Grab the kids, a few supplies and get creating!...

Celebrity Gossip

Jingle belles: Tinseltown beauties totally into Christmas spirit

‘Tis the season to be jolly, and some of Hollywood’s hottest stars seem overflowing with the merriment of the holidays. Take a cue...

Celebrity Gossip

Shiloh Pitt: Santa's list for celebrity tots

Buying for our own kids is easy. After telling them, “No, put that back,” and “No, you can’t have that,” and “Is it your birthday or...

Hookups, Breakups & Babies

Celebrities we wish would wind up under the mistletoe

It's a time-honored tradition: if you land under the mistletoe next to someone, you've gotta pucker up. Here are the stars we'd love...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Christmas on a shoestring budget

The commercialization of the season causes many parents to start sweating. Enjoy the spirit of the season as a family without...

Family Activities

Celebrate the magic of the season

Those who rush around decorating, buying presents and attending holiday gatherings might have a tendency to not only go a little...

Family Activities

Tips for baking with kids

Want to include your kids in the holiday planning and preparation? Why not set aside some time for baking holiday treats together?...

Christmas Crafts & Decorating

Christmas decor for small spaces

When you live in an apartment, decorating for the holidays can be a challenge. Can you fit in a tree? How do you prevent ornament...

Television

ABC Family has its very own musical

Did you have any idea that Tia Mowry or Tori Spelling could sing? We didn't either! They don't sound too shabby in The Mistle-Tones,...

Tweens, Teens & College

Giving to your teens: Holiday gifts or handouts?

It’s the same story each year around the holidays and birthdays. Ask teens what they want for a gift and they almost always just say...

Dessert Recipes

Peppermint stick frozen yogurt

Frozen yogurt is not just for summer! This simple recipes takes the flavors of summer and the flavors of winter and mixes the two!...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Cure your child's fear of Santa

Does your child burst into a fit of tears every time you need to head to the mall for some (more!) Christmas shopping for fear that...

Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

Would you avoid a holiday birth?

So you’re due on or around Christmas and your doctor has offered to induce you (or schedule a C-section) a week or so before the big...

Family Activities

10 Holiday traditions from across the world

Countries all over the world will be celebrating the holidays together in spirit. Though many think of the holiday season as a...

Family Activities

How to celebrate a non-traditional Christmas

Christmas can be a good time of year to make a point about excessive consumerism, Hallmark holidays and the way that “traditions,”...

Travel

5 Best holiday festivals in the U.S.

With the holiday season officially underway, it's time to start planning this year's festivities. Don’t let the cold weather prevent...

Television

Michael Buble brings Christmas to NBC

Christmas classics, special guest stars, and a little red monster make Michael Buble's NBC holiday special a must-see for the whole...

Crafts

Handmade holiday gifts kids can make

There is nothing more special than a handmade gift at Christmas time. It is even better when the gift is handmade by a child. Help...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Why Baby's first Christmas is overrated

The first ornament, the first picture with Santa, the first holiday outfit... your first panic attack? Don’t put so much pressure on...