This Gift Could Save Your Job

Andy Borowitz, 12.14.2009

BorowitzReport.com

Nowadays, Santa's favorite reindeer game is sacking Blitzen if he isn't pulling his weight, thus downsizing the team from an unwieldy eight to a lean and mean seven.

O Christmas Tree

Meredith Lopez, 12.14.2009

Mothering For Your Amusement and Entertainment

The putting up of the tree is a sweet stroll down memory lane. Every year the first ornament I hang is my "Christmas 1975" globe, which my mother bought while still pregnant with me.

Holiday Giving: Intimate Evenings with Acclaimed Authors and Rare Collector's Books

Marissa Bronfman, 12.14.2009

Writer

Giving is a given during December but why not give a little something extra special this holiday season that will delight the book lovers in your life and promote literacy abroad?

Holiday Wrapping Paper With Brigitte Mars

Brigitte Mars, 12.14.2009

Herbalist, Author, Naropa University Professor

Try this easy, colorful project with friends and family for holiday wrapping paper!

It's Gonna Be a Lonely Christmas

Ruth Fowler, 12.14.2009

Author, screenwriter and journalist

I told my therapist I felt lonely. She said, "But you're always hanging out with friends." But I didn't actually like some of the people I hung out with. She suggested it might be better just to be lonely.

Fun At Work: The Holiday Gift Exchange

Matt Weinstein, 12.14.2009

Founder and “Emperor” of Playfair, Inc., an International Consulting Firm

Exchanging holiday gifts in the office can bring as much angst as joy to both gift-giver and receiver. How do you ensure that everyone gets a gift of equal value? How do you ensure that everyone gets a gift?

Holiday Cards: Having Faith in Tradition

Pamela Tom, 12.14.2009

Broadcast and online journalist in the San Francisco Bay

It was a simple choice: write Christmas cards or write a blog. Guess which one won out tonight?

How to make Mondays a pleasure

Ben Mangan, 12.14.2009

I don't know about you, but the term The Holidays has become a two-word proxy for a long list of things that seem less meaningful every year. Yes - I ...

In the Wake of Tiger's Sins, What Matters Most -- Reputation or Reconciliation?

Larry Ross, 12.14.2009

President of A. Larry Ross Communications

Anyone who has submitted to the process of recovery on which Tiger seems to have now embarked discovers that they are far better in their brokenness than in their grandiosity.

HuffPost Reviews: Alicia Keys, Robin Thicke, Avatar, and Pixies, Plus Conversations with Julian Lennon and Precious Composer Mario Grigorov, and more

Mike Ragogna, 12.16.2009

music biz vet, entertainment writer

We're at album number four and Alicia Keys still mesmerizes. This project clicks better as a body of work than two of her three previous albums, and it avoids sounding like a smattering of singles across a CD.

New Books Ring Out the Ghosts of Christmas Past

Nina Sankovitch, 12.13.2009

Read a book a day for a year

Augusten Burroughs' You Better Not Cry, Wally Lamb's Wishin' and Hopin', and John Mortimer's posthumous releases in A Rumpole Christmas all pop a cork of nostalgia for times gone by.

Six Sneaky Ways That Sales Spur Spending

Kit Yarrow, Ph.D., 12.12.2009

consumer psychologist, author, professor

The song of the Shopping Sirens is a sale. Here are six different ways that sales play on emotions in cunning ways and often inspire us to make purchases we might otherwise pass up.

Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas!

Abby L. Ferber, 12.12.2009

Scholar and Author

While it may not seem like a big deal that someone wishes me a "Merry Christmas," for non-Christians like myself, this time of year can be anything but merry.

Trudie Styler: 'Sadomasochism Is The New Tantra'

Tara Stiles, 12.12.2009

Reinventing what it means to practice yoga

Living, breathing, and being present is the practice that can lead us to having a full and authentic in-the-body experience. If we can shift our perspective from being separate to being part of it all.

Who really started the "War on Christmas?"

Kenneth C. Davis, 12.11.2009

Author, "Don't Know Much About History"

During the past few years, the so-called "War on Christmas" has been a staple of conservative broadcasters and the religious right. Mass market retailers are also part of the conspiracy to "ruin Christmas."

A True Tale of How Angels Came to Congo This Christmas

Georgianne Nienaber, 12.12.2009

Investigative journalist, searcher, and author

And so it came to pass that the Angel, Hope, received three children to light, to guard, to love and guide for almost eighty years. You see, there are...

Chanticleer Hits Prime Time

Albert Imperato, 12.11.2009

Co-founded 21C Media Group

My phone starting buzzing around 10:30 p.m., when I first learned that Jay Leno had featured a group my company represents at the beginning of his monologue -- Chanticleer.

15 Whimsical, Recession-Proof Holiday Gift Ideas

Lesley M. M. Blume, 12.11.2009

Author, journalist, contributing style editor

For the second holiday season in a row, Americans are short on jobs and treasure. Yet many of this month's magazine gift guides and advertisements ar...

Playboy App Hits iPhone, Sans Nudity : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 11, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 12.11.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Playboy now has an iPhone application available in the iTunes App store. While the magazine is known for its nude pictorials, the app eschews naked ...

The Gifts that Keep on Giving

Wendy Diamond, 12.16.2009

TV Personality, Pet Lifestyle Expert, Animal Rescue Advocate

A recent Animalfair.com readership study found that 84% of pet parents will give their furry pals gifts this holiday season. Here are a few different ways you can give gifts that make a difference!

Is Christmas A Dirty Word?

John W. Whitehead, 12.10.2009

Attorney and author who has written, debated and practiced widely

Christmas is being eradicated. In fact, there is a phobia about Christmas, and it's all because of those first six letters, C-H-R-I-S-T.