Why I Won’t Tell My Grandmother I’m Gay
Sometimes staying in the closet is just as liberating as stepping out of it
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A Very Muslim Christmas
How my family brought together two holidays and found belonging
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Why I Miss My Holiday Retail Job
You can buy anything you want online. But the internet can’t capture the magic of the Eaton’s perfume counter at Christmas
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The Unwatchable Whiteness of Holiday Movies
Hallmark’s brand of wholesomeness reinforces racist stereotypes of who deserves happy endings
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Cleaning Up Christmas
It wasn’t always ho-ho-ho
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It Takes a Village
Our holiday expert critiques readers’ Christmas creations
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Santa, Take the Wheel
Where treetops glisten, and children listen, to hear the garbage truck in the snow
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Playing God
I sold my wife’s clothes to build a Christmas village in my parents’ basement
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