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  This Is the Year to Ramp Up the Holiday Magic, Damn It

  

  lifehacker.com

  The other day, my 10-year-old said something that broke my heart a bit: “This pandemic has taken all of our holiday traditions away from us.” Maybe it hasn’t taken all of our traditions, but it certainly has taken a lot of them. We couldn’t travel to see my family for Thanksgiving. The large Christmas party my in-laws…Read more...

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  Add Christmas Ambience With These 8 Relaxing Videos

  

  lifehacker.com

  I wrote earlier this week that parents can—should, even—ramp up the holiday magic even more than...

  I wrote earlier this week that parents can—should, even—ramp up the holiday magic even more than usual this year. It’s all we have right now! But one commenter came in ready to up the ante even further than my suggestions of extra decorations, new traditions, and fancy Christmas dinners.Read more...

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  Silent Night: Scenes of a Pandemic Christmas

  

  nytimes.com

  Photographers around the country captured how the pandemic has brought many hectic holiday traditions to a...

  Photographers around the country captured how the pandemic has brought many hectic holiday traditions to a halt.

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  Bring on the bells: 18 great Christmas songs from the past decade

  

  avclub.com

  It’s been 26 years since Mariah Carey proved you could still create a Christmas staple—kicking off...

  It’s been 26 years since Mariah Carey proved you could still create a Christmas staple—kicking off decades of copycats and wannabes trying to recreate her holiday hit, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” But while no one has toppled that track in terms of chart performance, these 18 original songs from the past decade…Read more...

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