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Despite their seemingly secular modern-day iteration — featuring wine, chocolate or other products — Advent calendars continue to carry the spiritual foundation of the season.
Festive advertising is often designed around things that sparkle.
Research has shown gendered marketing in toys can shape kids’ future aspirations.
The remarkable biology that lets Santa’s elves work tirelessly through long polar nights on a diet of sweets.
The perfect gift probably isn’t what you think it is.
If you’re thinking of buying your loved ones smart gadgets this Christmas, here’s how to prevent them from a privacy nightmare.
Kubrick’s final film isn’t just set at Christmas. It’s a subversive critique of class, desire and the fantasies we buy into during the festive season.
You’re allowed to reinterpret norms, question them or ignore them entirely.
What do you do on Dec. 25 if you don’t celebrate Christmas? For Jewish Americans, the answers range from takeout to filling a shift for Christian colleagues.
Christmas consumerism, with all its festive music and heart-warming advertising, relaxes people’s usual restraint.
In the US, Santa Claus: The Movie became an infamous flop, failing to make back its hefty production budget.
Roots reggae, thrash metal and pop punk add new layers to familiar holiday tropes.
The new show from Black Swan State Theatre Company is a highly original blend of humour, grief and Aussie Christmas spirit.
Whether you’re single, a parent or carer, or an employer trying to look after your business and staff, a legal expert explains your rights ahead of the holidays.
The notion of food luxury has evolved and democratised in recent years. How did this happen? And what do the richest people now eat?
At the height of their popularity, The Kingston Trio released an unexpected Christmas album. Instead of becoming a classic, it seemed to foreshadow the approaching end for the group’s dominance.
It’s the season for late nights, party food, way too much stimulation, tired kids and tired parents. It can all culminate in what seems like an endless meltdown.
Strap into your sleigh for some Christmas physics fun with Rudolph the ‘redshifted’ reindeer.
The festive season is a time for gift-giving. But beware of last-minute, thoughtless gifts. In addition to the monetary value, the personal investment counts.
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