holidays

Mom & Dad

When the holidays aren't happy

Holiday depression -- it's like the Grinch that Stole Christmas. You walk into the mall and you hear joyful holiday music. You take...

Mom & Dad

How to keep your workouts going over the holidays

This time of year, it seems people are either indulging and gearing up for a healthy New Year's resolution or trying to maintain...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Taking the pressure off the holidays

The winter holidays are a wonderful, happy, joyous time of the year. Yes, they are. Except when there is so much pressure and...

Monday Mom Challenge

Monday Mom challenge: Gather your girlfriends for a last-minute holiday celebration

You have days -- mere days!! -- to go before Christmas, and you never did manage that holiday get together with your girlfriends...

Having a Baby

New mom's guide to surviving the holidays with a newborn

With the excitement of your new baby at Christmas, combined with the sentiment that the holidays often bring, it's easy to get...

Kids Activity Center

Christmas coloring pages

Give your kids some creative activities to do during the holiday with these Christmas printable coloring sheets. With several...

Beauty News & Deals

5 New Year's beauty resolutions

The New Year is code for a new you. So switch up your beauty routine with new ways to approach the new year. You’ll feel confident...

Family Activities

How to host a tree-trimming party

What better way is there to kick off the holiday season than an old-fashioned tree-trimming party? Heat up the cocoa, put on some of...

Family Activities

New twists on classic holiday traditions

Remember those fun, quirky holiday traditions from your childhood? Maybe it was stringing popcorn and cranberries for the tree or...

Adventure Travel

Holiday travel: Hotels with shopping incentives

Calling all fashionistas: With the holidays in full swing, why not plan a shopping weekend? We’re not talking the Saturday jaunt to...

Mom & Dad

Stress-free holiday shopping tips

Do you have some last minute holiday shopping to complete…with your toddler? The thought of hitting the mall, braving the crowd and...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Can kids experience holiday depression?

While the idea of a perfectly happy childhood with gleeful holiday seasons exists in many an imagination (and revisionist memory),...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Monday Mom challenge: Prepare now for post-holiday letdown

Just how tightly are you wound right now? How much do you have to get done before the holiday is upon us? Thought so. Me, too. Sure,...

Couple Time & Romance

How to spend time together and give back during the holidays

The holidays can be very stressful and busy. Couples oftentimes drift apart because they can't spend enough time together. This...

Mom & Dad

Keeping holiday stress in check

For most of us, the holiday season brings with it a mixed bag of emotions. While it's always fun to spend time with friends and...

Marriage

How to cope during the holidays after the death of a spouse

The first Christmas after your spouse has passed away can seem impossible to bear. You may be still mourning and the thoughts of...

Makeup & Skin Care

Makeup from the office straight to a holiday party

If you are heading from the office directly to a holiday party, you want your makeup to look its best but you don't want to wash...

Hairstyles & Hair Care

Holiday hairstyles: Long and wavy

You don't have to wear your hair up just because you are getting dressed up for a holiday party. In fact, long, flowing locks look...

Losing Weight

Look 5 pounds thinner in 5 days during the holidays

Snacking on Thanksgiving leftovers for a week, sharing holiday potlucks at work and nibbling on Christmas cookies from your...

Birthdays & Celebrations

Remembering Pearl Harbor on Pearl Harbor Day 2010

December 7, 1941: the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, one of the worst attacks on U.S. soil. Read on to remember the 69th anniversary...

Family Travel

Holiday travel: Avoid these top five airport security mistakes

Getting through the security line is stressful enough when you’re traveling alone -- add a few kids, a spouse and the holidays, then...