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A TRANSFORMATIVE 2024: A PEAK AHEAD FOR EACH SIGN

Another new year is rapidly approaching, and, for many of us, that midnight threshold on January 1 presents a blank slate of possible futures. For those of...
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HOLIDAY MAGAZINE: A McCARTHY CHRISTMAS CLASSIC

Old Man Winter settled in as December arrived in western New York. Snow sprinkled the lawns and the roads as Jack Frost nipped at the noses of...
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HOLIDAY MAGAZINE: GETTING CHRISTMAS ‘RIGHT’

Something was off. Things were terribly amiss at our friends’ house across the street and I didn’t know what to do.  Everything looked the same — the house...
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HOLIDAY MAGAZINE: THE GIFT THAT NEVER CAME

As a kid, most of our Christmases in the Rickert household were pretty epic. In last year’s Holiday Guide, I wrote about the year my sister and...
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A CHRISTMAS STORY: BEHIND THE BUNNY SUIT

Released in 1983, “A Christmas Story” has become a classic holiday film. The fictional story follows Ralphie, a blond elf of a child played by Peter Billingsley,...
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HOLIDAYS MAGAZINE: A TRULY FANTASTIC HOLIDAY SEASON IN 4 STEPS

As we all know by now, the holiday season steamrolls in earlier and earlier. Retailers are always anxious to get into our wallets, so why even bother...
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HOLIDAYS 2023 MAGAZINE: HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD

Santa Claus gets credit each year for circumnavigating the globe and delivering Christmas treats to kids everywhere. But the truth is, the big guy in a deer-drawn...
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WHAT’S A BUTTER BOARD, AND WHY IS IT TRENDING ONLINE? — HOLIDAY MAGAZINE

By now many of us have indulged in an Insta-worthy charcuterie board (meat roses not required), and once the pandemic hit, individual charcuterie cups seemed only natural,...
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FESTIVUS FOR THE RESTIVUS: CELEBRATING THE ROOTS OF A POP CULTURE HOLIDAY

It’s likely we all have some grievance to air, and as the onslaught of holidays takes hold, there really is no better time. Feeling overfed, overspent and...
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KEEPING THE MAGIC ALIVE, FOR 1 MORE YEAR — HOLIDAY MAGAZINE

How old were you when you learned the “truth” about Santa? Well, let’s back up a little bit. Let me start out by saying, first and foremost, that...

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