Articles Tagged with #holidays
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Of Recent Note
Vacation Destinations
With Memorial Day just around the corner, our thoughts are turning to getting the heck out of town. Where to? Well, the TMN readers and writers have some recommendations.
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Guides
2007 Holiday Christmas Survival Guide for Slackers Cultural Warriors
Talented gift-givers put time and thought into selecting presents for their loved ones. Gift ideas for the ungifted.
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Guides
Gift Subscriptions
A gift in the mail is a joy to open—a gift every month (or less) trumps that. For those stumped on how to tie up their holiday shopping, our resident shopping expert advises you to pour yourself some ’nog, and order a few magazines.
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Spoofs & Satire
Axis of Evil: Annual Letter to Our Members
‘Tis the time of year for annual reports, holiday cards, and family update letters.
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In Hindsight
Behind the Mask
This October, while you were shopping for fake blood and a glue-on mustache to complete your zombie Tom Selleck costume, others were dressing up and making the news.
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Astroland's Last Summer
Independence Day
Coney Island celebrated the Fourth by crowning the first American hot-dog eating champion in seven years.
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Guides
2006 Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers
It’s always better to give than to receive—at least that’s what your loved ones say, just as they’re about to open another present from you.
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New York, New York
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
The joy of having interns is dreaming up ludicrous projects for them to complete. We dispatched our own New-York newcomer to visit every possible holiday event he could find in the city and report back.
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Guides
Our Favorite Gifts
The most meaningful gifts are so personal they cannot simply be plucked from the shelves of a store—but sometimes we need a little help. Turning holiday inspiration into shopping salvation, the writers recall their fondest gift memories.
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Spoofs & Satire
The Gift of the Magi
It’s Christmas morning, and a couple’s yuletide glee is under siege by the secular progressives. A provocative television personality and 19th century author spins their tale.
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Personal Essays
Dawn’s Early Fright
Every Fourth of July, numerous Americans celebrate independence by detonating explosives near their loved ones. From 2006, one family raises the white flag of surrender.
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Letters From Idaho
We Are Mapmakers
Going home for the holidays inspires remembering, but bringing your own children home adds a twist—will their recollections be anything like yours?