One of my favorite holiday desserts is chocolate bark , because OMG it's so easy. With just some melted chocolate and a cookie sheet, you can prepare enough sweets for a party, or make impressive and tasty homemade holiday food gifts in …
Since this is my son's first Christmas in proper pajamas and not a sleep sack, I've been inordinately excited to pick out some cute modern Christmas pajamas for him. While I love a good flannel plaid in holiday hues -- hey, nothing wrong…
We've covered so many holiday books for kids over the years, and one thing we've realizes is missing: a good selection of books for children who celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah. While my teens may be jealous of friends who celebrat…
The first time I served these easy holiday cookies, I was desperate. We were hosting a huge party and needed something sweet to round out the menu. With about an hour to go, I grabbed a couple of logs of store-bought sugar cookie dough, …
O avocado toast, O avocado toast, your creamy goodness delights me. I don’t even care that you’ve become a joke among foodies and politicians alike: I will choose you over sugarplums any day of the week. And to bear witness to my love of…
We've had so much find finding creative 2018 Advent calendars for kids. And even if you don't think the holiday season needs more presents and candy (agree to disagree), I think you might change your mind when you see these awesome calen…
Leave it to Free to Be Kids to create a collection of positive multi-denominational holiday tees for kids and babies that I couldn't wait to run here to share with you all. We've joked before about the dearth of cool, clever Hanukkah tee…
Julia Turshen has done it again with Now & Again: Go-To Recipes, Inspired Menus + Endless Ideas for Reinventing Leftovers , a cookbook I immediately read straight through -- and one in which I instantly wanted to cook every recipe. In fa…
-- We haven't been able to find these Pillsbury cookies just yet this season, but will update the post here when we do! For more holiday cookie ideas, check out these amazing holiday cookie recipes provided by our readers! -- Normally I …
We've found 6 delicious fall donut recipes that capture all the apple-cinnamon and pumpkin-spice you are craving, all in easy, you-can-do-it-we-promise recipes. Because what's even better than a cup of coffee in the morning? A warm, home…
Let's start the new year off right, shall we? This Honey Almond Baked Brie is what you should make on New Year's Eve, whether you're having a party or just want to put on a fancy (but effortless) celebratory spread for the family. But mo…
No one wants to play bartender at their own holiday get together, but you do want to impress your guests with fabulous cocktails. The answer is these make ahead holiday cocktail recipes, which are perfect for your Christmas Eve or Christ…
Santa has a long night of delivering gifts ahead of him, and while he appreciates the effort you and your children put into those cookies, a helpful elf has reported that he might also like a warm drink -- with a little extra something s…
This morning, our editor Liz got to drop by the TODAY Show studios to share a few last-minute toy ideas and gift picks with Megyn and her fantastic audience. If you're looking for a few of the ideas, we've put them all together for you b…
Have your kids written their letters to Santa yet? If not, you need to download this adorable dear santa set of printable stationery from one of our favorite indie shops, Caravan Shoppe , right now. You'll have printable letters to Santa…
My family made the switch to clean eating this year and, well, it's so tempting to cheat during the holidays. But I don't want to reverse all of the good I've done -- and the inches I've lost -- since we made the change. So I'm excited t…
As much as I love to cook, there are a million other things that I'd rather be doing on Christmas morning. Unwrapping gifts. Drinking hot cocoa. Watching my nieces terrorize my 9-month-old son with a singing, dancing Snoopy doll. Ah, the…
The other night, at my annual apartment building Christmas party -- that's the NYC version of a block party, by the way -- a neighbor asked, "so who here gets Chinese food and sees a movie on Christmas?" Basically, everyone raised a hand…
I was really excited to spend a little time looking for easy, creative holiday gift wrapping ideas, especially as someone who blames her lackluster holiday gift wrapping on the kids (shhh). I've always wanted the gifts to look festive an…
Fret not, procrastinators. There is still time to score a super cool gift, because nobody will argue with getting something totally delicious delivered to their door every month. Whether your giftee is an inveterate snacker, a hiker look…
'Tis the season for finding new ornaments for the tree, so this year I've put together 7 of the coolest origami ornament tutorials for kids and teens to get their craft on. From super simple angels to regal golden elephants, these are su…
A new pair of Christmas pajamas for babies (and kids!) is an annual tradition for so many families. Since I was a little girl, our own family gave a new pair of Christmas pjs every Christmas eve as the one gift we could open early. It al…
We've found the perfect keepsake to encapsulate the frothy, dizzying wonder of that first Christmas with baby: in our holiday gift list of special gift ideas for baby's first Christmas , we shared this baby memories keepsake ornament fro…
Break out the spatula and grab a tween (or, heck, a 6-year-old), because I’ve got nine of my absolute favorite homemade holiday food gifts that will wow your favorite teacher, aunt, or UPS delivery person. All of these food gifts are dea…