Jewish Christmases I Have Known
What do you do when the world gives you a mandatory day off, when nothing is open except Chinese restaurants and movie theatres?
VIDEO: Franchesca Ramsey’s Comebacks Will Make Your Racist Relatives STFU This Holigay Season
Now pass the tofurkey and shut the fuck up, uncle Ned!
A+ VIDEO: “All We Want For Christmas Is You” Lip Sync Dance Party
If you thought all we could do was sit in our chairs and type words on a screen, prepare to have your mind blown!
OPEN THREAD: All I Want for Christmakwanzakah is You, So Get In Here
This is a safe and special place for you to use as refuge from your family, a recipe depository from your holigay feasts, and also a friend-making machine.
Holigay Playlist: Having a Blue Christmas
The song Blue Christmas is not on this playlist, but it’s still perfect for melancholy holigay moments.
Get Baked: Homemade Gingerbread for all Your Festive Needs
“At some point, probably around the time I became a surly teenager and wanted something of my very own to craft and control and create, I decided to start making gingerbread too. At first this was just something I did alone, but gradually my younger brother began helping me, then my older brother, and it kind of became a tradition by accident.”
Holigay Gift Guide 2014: 90s Kid Forever
If you or someone you love has been affected by 90s Kid Syndrome™, enable their disease with these gifts that are way cool and da bomb.
Keep It Simple With These All-Black Holiday Looks
Don’t let an all-black dress code get you down. Use pieces you already own to create pulled-together looks worthy of the holiday season.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Best (Gift) You Ever Had
I wanna know the best gifts and worst gifts you ever gave or received and all the stories about your life in-between. GET IN HERE AND TELL ME YOUR TRUTHS!
10 Tips For Surviving Your First Family Holiday After Coming Out
So you’ve recently come out to your family, and it’s the first time you’ve been to holigay dinner since it happened. Autostraddle is here to help you through it.
10 Ways To Deck The Halls With Gay Apparel
This year, rather than scoffing at the isle of misfit sweaters and hats no one wants to play reindeer games in, I challenge you to embrace the hideousness. Allow yourself to lower your guards to the bright reds, greens, silvers, and blues and really snuggle into some ugliness.
On The Eighth Day of Hanukkah Your Bubbe Gave You Socks
“I think all Jews need to come clean about what we really get for Hanukkah. Luckily, I have compiled eight charts for your research.”
Playlist: For Your Holigay Parties
Bring the holigay meet-up spirit home!
Holigay Gift Guide 2014: The Muggles Still Waiting On Their Hogwarts Acceptance Letters
It’s like looking in the Mirror of Erised.
Holigay Party Time: Let’s Get Dressed!
Holigay time means good food, good friends, and hopefully bearable family, along with approximately a million and one parties of differing fanciness levels. I’m going to take you through a few different outfits so that you’re gonna be the best dressed queer at every party you attend!
Homespun Love: Sew a Silky, Lace-Tipped Scarf
This scarf falls on the feminine end of the spectrum and is a good gift for anyone whose idea of gay apparel is pretty and shiny.
14 Best Subscription Boxes For Giving The Gifts That Keep On Giving
I bet that last person on your list would like monthly deliveries of geek stuff, indie foods, organic snacks, beauty products, dapper accessories, fresh produce, neckties or A+!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Tell Us About Your Holiday Survival Prep
What do you do to get ready for all the stuff you have to do? What are you doing tonight? Let’s hang out.
Holigays Style Guide: Too Old And Cranky For Santacon
In my youthful exuberance, many crimes against fashion and dignity were committed. Not this year.
Holigay Gift Guide 2014: Modern Finds for Retro Girls
If you or someone you love likes old things, thrift stores, antiques, records, and eating at classic diners, you’re in the right place.