Tag: Christmas
Over the holidays, try talking to your relatives like an anthropologis
Elizabeth Keating, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
How is it possible to spend so...
Holiday foods can be toxic to pets – a veterinarian explains...
Leticia Fanucchi, Oklahoma State University
During the holidays, it’s typical for people to indulge in special foods. Being a...
Christmas trees can stay fresh for weeks – a well-timed cut...
Curtis VanderSchaaf, Mississippi State University
Every year somewhere between 25 million and 30 million Christmas trees are sold in...
How this year’s Christmas ads are navigating the cost of living crisis
Karen Middleton, University of Portsmouth
Christmas adverts have become a festive and highly competitive tradition. They are critiqued and...
How to deal with holiday stress, Danish-style
Marie Helweg-Larsen, Dickinson College
The holidays often involve jubilant gift exchanges, renewed connections with family and friends, and treasured...
Gifts of Christmas past: buy secondhand to give your loved ones...
Omar Khaled Abdelrahman, University of Huddersfield and Claire McCamley, University of Huddersfield
Christmas is a period for celebrating our...
The 4 biggest gift-giving mistakes, according to a consumer psychologist
Julian Givi, West Virginia University
A good gift can elicit a surge of happiness and gratitude in the recipient....
Mistletoe – famous for stolen holiday kisses – is a parasite...
David Hillock, Oklahoma State University
A parasitic plant with potentially poisonous berries might not sound like something that would...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
