All across the country, families are decorating Christmas trees, queuing up their favorite holiday movies, baking gingerbread cookies, and writing letters to Santa. Meanwhile, we’re very busy finalizing our holiday TBR list. And this year, we’re focusing on romance tropes specifically. Don’t get us wrong! Snowy mountains and remote cabins make excellent settings for creepy...
When you were a kid, socks were probably the last thing you wanted for Christmas — about one step up from an actual lump of coal. You wanted Barbies! A zillion pieces of chocolate! My Little Ponies! Or, once you got to be a too-cool-for-school tween, an inflatable chair and some of that St. Ives...
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Stocksy, Spotify, Getty Images, Courtesy of Ashley Ziegler We all have those holiday songs where simply hearing the first few notes is enough to fill our souls with a unique sense of joy that you just don’t get any other time of the year. Mariah Carey’s iconic "All I Want for Christmas...
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images, Stocksy, Shutterstock "Merry Christmas, honey," my husband said while handing me an overstuffed "Happy Birthday" gift bag. It wasn’t my birthday but, instead, my first Christmas as a mom — in fact, I was only three months postpartum. My mind quickly ran through a list of possible presents that could...