Holidays and Special Occasions

December 4, 2020

Keeping the Holiday Season Bright

Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Right at Home Keeping the Holiday Season Bright The pandemic may force you […]
November 11, 2020

Enjoy the Holidays Alone

Thanksgiving and the holidays that follow are going to look different for everyone this year, but for those who live alone, these changes might hit particularly […]
September 2, 2020

Ho, Ho, Hum: Struggling Retailers Brace for a Muted Holiday Season

It’s only September, but Santa Claus is already nervous about coming to town. And he is not worried about whether kids are naughty or nice, as […]
June 18, 2020

How to Celebrate Juneteenth

Kenneth Timmons, who works for a federal government agency in Houston, said the first thing he usually does before every Juneteenth is take the day off […]
April 8, 2020

The Passover Rules Bend, if Just for One Pandemic

During the coronavirus outbreak, people have stocked up on shelf-stable items like beans, pasta and bread to sustain them through weeks of staying at home. But, […]
December 18, 2019

Is Tinsel Canceled?

The polar ice caps are melting before our eyes. Artificial snow will not be de rigueur this year. Even as whales starve because of the plastic […]
December 8, 2017

From Ho, Ho, Ho to No, No, No! Office Parties Feel the Chill

Remember the scene in the movie “Office Christmas Party” when the head of human resources grabbed the D.J.’s microphone and told employees to have sex in […]
September 23, 2016

Social Q’s: Siblings Who Don’t Play Nice After a Mother’s Death

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES It has been two years since my mother died, and the Jewish holidays are around the corner again. The problem: They […]
April 15, 2016

Cultural Studies: Every Day’s a Holiday (or Two)

Cultural Studies By PAMELA PAUL April 14, 2016 Call me a party pooper, but I did nothing this year to mark Pi Day. I baked neither a sweet […]