Tag: Holiday

  • Travis Kelce Stars as Animated Elf in Chiefs’ Festive Holiday Video Narrated by a Special Guest

    Travis Kelce Stars as Animated Elf in Chiefs’ Festive Holiday Video Narrated by a Special Guest

    NEED TO KNOW Travis Kelce is the subject of the Kansas City Chiefs’ new holiday short, titled, Merry Mischief The star tight end takes on a claymation form alongside quarterback Patrick Mahomes and more players on the team A surprise guest narrates the holiday story from beginning to end Forget Elf on the Shelf —…

  • Freedom from Holiday Card Stress

    Freedom from Holiday Card Stress

    I grew up in a house where coordinated family photos were the norm. My mom would line up the four of us kids in matching outfits — one year, freshly pressed sailor suits; the next, velvet dresses, with my brother in a matching tie. Every stray hair would be tucked in or sprayed down. We…

  • Techno Claus’s 2025 Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide

    Techno Claus’s 2025 Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide

    Techno Claus (who looks suspiciously like correspondent David Pogue) emerges from the fireplace, as is his wont every year at this time…  It’s Techno Claus, back for my visit this year,‘Cause breakin’ and enterin’ – that’s my career.The hours are lousy; the pay isn’t great,My business is basically carryin’ freight! But still, I get pleasure…

  • Pennsylvania’s Timeless Holiday Classic: A Beloved Christmas Song

    Pennsylvania’s Timeless Holiday Classic: A Beloved Christmas Song

    Certain Christmas music truly brings the holly-jolly to the holiday. And in Pennsylvania, there’s one Christmas song ringing throughout the halls more than any other. According to FinanceBuzz, Pennsylvania’s number one Christmas song is “Jingle Bells,” which the report calls “a true holiday classic.” Six other states joined the Keystone State by listing the jingly-jangly…

  • Declining Economic Confidence Leads to Dropping Holiday Spending Plans

    Declining Economic Confidence Leads to Dropping Holiday Spending Plans

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. consumers expressed increased concern about the economy and jobs in November during a period that encompassed the final stretch of the nation’s longest federal government shutdown, significant stock market volatility and uncertainty about the nation’s labor market. Consumers also reported a sharply lower holiday spending estimate than they had forecast in…

  • Felicity Jones Shares Holiday Moments with Husband Charles Guard and Their Children

    Felicity Jones Shares Holiday Moments with Husband Charles Guard and Their Children

    Felicity Jones Details Navigating Holiday Stress With Her & Charles Guard’s 2 Kids Felicity Jones is embracing the Christmas chaos. The Rogue One star shared how she and her husband Charles Guard—who are parents to a 5-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter, whose names they’ve kept private—are gearing up for the holidays, admitting that their…

  • Smart Savings: 7 Essential Android Tools to Maximize Holiday Sales

    Smart Savings: 7 Essential Android Tools to Maximize Holiday Sales

    Holiday sales have become a season of impulse shopping, driven by push notifications, app banners, and payment shortcuts that make overspending dangerously easy. However, Android’s ecosystem also offers a suite of tools that can help curb impulse buying and encourage intentional spending. Over the years, I’ve found that the key to navigating sales without going…

  • 2025 Holiday Season Kicks Off with Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting in NYC

    2025 Holiday Season Kicks Off with Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting in NYC

    Rockefeller Center’s first Christmas tree lighting officially took place in 1933, but two years earlier, a group of Rockefeller Center workers chipped in to buy a 20-foot tree for the area, decorated with homemade garlands. The famed ice rink was introduced in 1936, along with two trees. But with World War II, tree decorations became more modest,…

  • Join Jon Scheyer for the Holiday Edition of ‘The Fast Break’

    Join Jon Scheyer for the Holiday Edition of ‘The Fast Break’

    DURHAM, N.C. – Duke men’s basketball has announced the details for its holiday-themed edition of The Fast Break with Jon Scheyer, presented by the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club. Fans can now purchase tickets to the Holiday edition of the show, held on Wednesday, Dec. 17.  Held in the Marketplace of the JB Duke Hotel, the hour-long live…

  • 2026 NBA Draft Prospects: Insights from Las Vegas and Major Holiday Tournaments

    2026 NBA Draft Prospects: Insights from Las Vegas and Major Holiday Tournaments

    Duke’s Cameron Boozer tallied 35 points against Arkansas on Thanksgiving night. Editor’s Note: Read more NBA coverage from The Athletic here. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA or its teams.  *** LAS VEGAS — Even without its marquee star, the Players Era Festival provided quite a one-stop shopping…