The Chrismukkah ornament for all your interfaith gifting needs.
Families who celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah totally get the best of both worlds. 8 days of gifts plus one blow-out morning of overstuffed stockings and packages? Dreidels and reindeer? Eggnog and latkes? Okay, maybe not those two at the same time, but still. And now...
FAO Schwarz is back for the holidays, and everything is not even a billion dollars!
I didn’t grow up in NYC so I don’t have FAO Schwarz shopping memories like some of my city friends. But I did know about them from Big, and I loved pouring through their catalogs around the holidays every year, carefully circling the hundreds of high-end...
2 incredible new personalized keepsake gifts to make any mom or grandma cry.
Every year, I wish I’m that person who’s on the ball enough to order incredible personalized keepsake gifts for some of my family members who’d love them. And every year I find something amazing…only to see I’ve missed the “order...
The ultimate guide to last-minute Easter ideas: egg decorating, recipes, crafts, printables, and more!
Easter is just a hop, skip, and a jump away, but if you still haven’t made a crack in your Easter list yet…it’s all good. Let’s breathe together. – This post has been updated for 2018 – There are still a few days left until the...
Have a magical Christmas, cool parents!
Hope today brings you everything magical you’re hoping for, whether it’s a fancy gift, your favorite cookies, a Netflix binge-fest, quiet time with your family, a day with no political arguments, a really good port, the ultimate holiday playlist with no...
Wishing you a happy Hamilton Hanukkah! From Cool Mom Picks and the Maccabeats
Those of us Hanukkah revelers have always had slimmer pickings when it comes to great modern music. But now Adam Sandler and Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings have some great new company thanks to the Maccabeats, who are just out with Hasmonean: A Hamilton Hanukkah. If...
Web coolness: The great big holiday edition featuring hilarious videos, articles, last minute gift help + more
Here are some of the links we’ve liked reading around the web this week. We hope you like them too. Chewbacca singing Silent Night. That is all. Check out the funniest Christmas tweets, videos, stories and humor on the web. Who else needs these right now? Need...
The ultimate list of amazing last-minute holiday gift ideas for everyone on your list!
We totally get the last-minute holiday gift problem. Believe us! I mean, we may have started working on our 2017 Holiday Gift Guide in, like…May, but hey, we’re busy moms. And we’re busy shopping for you! So no judgments at all if you’re...
5 of the hottest Star Wars toys your kids totally want. Trust us.
With the perfectly timed December launch of Rogue One, of course Star Wars toys for kids are all the rage. Again. If you’re looking for an awesome gift for your little padawan — even if he or she isn’t quite so little — here are 5 of the...
Creative holiday gift wrapping ideas to make your presents even more amazing.
I love the simplicity of brown paper packages tied up with string as much as the next person, but sometimes I’m in the mood for more creative holiday gift wrapping to make my presents really stand out under the Christmas tree or by the menorah. There are no...
Our staff’s most memorable holiday gift stories: A reminder that joy comes in lots of sizes.
These memories brought to you on behalf of JCPenney We spend so much time around here thinking about the best gifts to give to those we love, that sometimes we forget about ourselves and our own gifts! (Is that a mom thing?) So we asked a few of our writers and...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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