For a writer, capturing that elusive Christmas morning magic can be deeply problematic. When I set out to write a Christmas novella a few years ago, I read a batch of holiday novels, seeking inspiration.

The holiday season, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, is not just a time for shopping and gifts. It's a time for special activities, friends, relatives, and stories.

Enough with the scented candles and bath soaps! This year, give your sister a present with a little more personality. We've already established that b...

As the holiday season rolls in, we're inundated with gift guides for book lovers, would-be book readers and literary fanatics, but what of the charact...

Picking the right book is an art. It's about people, moods, tastes, interests. So here are my top tips to help you select just the right book for anyone on your list.

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You've got your mom's reading material covered, but you're still lost on smart gifts for your dad. Steve Jobs's biography may be tempting, but we say ...

One of the great things about being Native American is that people always ask, "what do you Indians do on Thanksgiving?" That's a complicated question to answer when you consider that Squanto's first words to the English pilgrims were "Hello, Englishmen."

We're all familiar with classic Christmas tales of outcast mutant reindeer, hallucinating old men, and thieving green goblin cartoons, but there are p...

Christmas brings with it time off for vacation and with that plenty of time for reading. Even with all the "best of" lists circulating this time of ye...

Forget the celebrity memoirs, selling in their dispiriting droves to the imaginatively challenged in search of a Christmas present-by-numbers. Elsewhe...

Travel anxiety: it ranges from being uptight about missing the plane, to being terrified of flying, from being annoyed by security checks to abhorring...

The whole and entire point of HeadButler.com is to identify books you won't hear about in every Conde Nast magazine and online gift guide.