Holidays in Recipes

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Easter Ham Glaze That Doesn't Slide Off the Ham

One bone-in ham, a brown sugar and marmalade glaze that actually sticks, cheddar scalloped potatoes and lemon green beans, all out of one oven.

Dry-Brined Thanksgiving Turkey and Gravy That Won't Lump

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Christmas Prime Rib and a Timeline That Won't Wreck Your Day

Getting the lights on the roof and yourself back off it

GuideFoodNina Castellan5 Oct 20266 min

Your pie crust is tough because you were stingy with the water

StoryHistoryMarcus Vale1 Oct 20266 min

A Hundred Years Ago, Christmas Started With a Catalog

The Tuesday visit beats the Christmas visit every time

Living close to grandparents changes both ends of the family, and the ordinary weeknights do more of the work than the holidays ever will.

GuideTravelNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Plan the Christmas town trip backward from sunset

The lights are the whole point, and they're on for about two hours before the kids melt down. Everything else is logistics.

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StoryMarriageSam Ortiz7 Oct 20265 min

She Started Thawing the Turkey on Saturday and I Laughed

Eleven Thanksgivings in, I've learned the holiday dinner runs on her quiet competence, and on a thermometer I used to ignore.

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Humor6 min read

Family Game Night Is Better When Everyone's Bad at It

The games that make a whole table laugh, ages six to seventy-eight, are the ones where losing is funnier than winning.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideFamilyCal Brennan1 Oct 20266 min

Start three holiday traditions this year and keep them for ten

Most families try too many traditions and keep none. Pick a few cheap ones, give each an owner, and guard the calendar.

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

What to wear from the office party to Christmas dinner

One jacket, two shirts, and the fixes nobody mentions: the gravy, the icy parking lot, and the tailor's December cutoff.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Stop being the only person who knows where the platters are

Hosting twenty people doesn't require a martyr in the kitchen. It requires a written list and ten adults who each own one line of it.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Fair isn't equal, and blended families learn it at Christmas

Lock the calendar in October, hang the rules on the house instead of the bloodline, and stop trying to make two childhoods match.

GuideMarriageCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Set Holiday Boundaries With the In-Laws Without a Family Feud

Decide the schedule in October, announce it once, and leave when you said you would. Most holiday blowups are calendar problems wearing a costume.

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GuideBoys & GirlsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Make Grandparents a Weekly Habit, Not a Holiday

The grandparent bond isn't built at Christmas. It's built on a standing Sunday call with a job attached, and it changes both of them.

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GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your in-law problem is usually a marriage problem

Boundaries with her parents or yours work one way: each of you handles your own family, says the specific thing out loud, and then holds it.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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