The last full moon of 2025, the Full Cold Moon, rises on December 4, 2025, at 6:14 PM EST at 13°03 Gemini. Full moons point to zodiac polarities, as the sign the full moon falls in is always in opposition to the sign the sun is shining through. Come Thursday, we have the sun in arrows-to-the-wind Sagittarius … Read more
A meltdown-free holiday? A parent can dream. Yet, actually, you can safeguard your family from tinsel time tantrums with this practical guide to common scenarios. It’s not foolproof — what child care method is? — but it can keep the holly-jolly in your holidays. Scenario: After a day of shopping and errands, your overstimulated, overtired … Read more
You don’t need us to tell you that New York City is magic (and mayhem) over the holidays, and catching all the yuletide buzz around town is definitely worth it with kiddos. Here’s where to go to make the most of mistletoe madness in NYC. A winter wonderland Enjoy a meal in the glass chalets … Read more
Parents are all about the holiday hype: a new survey has found 55% get just as excited as their kids when it’s time to unwrap gifts. But the real challenge, according to the poll of 2,000 US millennial parents, is keeping the joy of opening gifts alive on holiday mornings from persistent, curious children. Amidst the … Read more
Welcome to December star seeds. We are under the full sails and buoyant influence of Sagittarius this month, with the sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars all spending part of December in the sign of shooting your shot and shooting off at the mouth. While Mercury, that lewd minx, is stationed direct on November 29, we … Read more
Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt had an agreement with Chris Pratt before she married him. Katherine told Fox News Digital that she had an agreement with the Marvel star that if they got married, the holiday season in their home would begin on Nov. 1. When asked if she would put her Christmas lights up right after Halloween, Katherine said, “Yes, … Read more
Jillian Michaels shared her go-to rule for avoiding holiday weight gain. During an interview with Fox News Digital, the 51-year-old celebrity trainer explained that her secret to staying fit while still enjoying the festive season is “practicing balance.” “One of the ways you can do that is by incorporating what I call the 80-20 rule,” Michaels … Read more
Hey, NYC — want to sleigh the gift game this year? Well, you can definitely jingle all the way past the Big Apple’s tinsel-choked tourist trap holiday markets those copy-paste Manhattan traffic-attractors where the cocoa costs $12 and the vibes are as mass-produced as the merch. For festive grinches who’d rather shop really local, there are scores … Read more
As the holidays begin, Jenny McCarthy is getting candid on a serious health issue. “I’ve had nine surgeries this year, on my mouth. I had one infection that turned into another and another, and then I had these growths show up on my eyeballs,” the actress, 53, revealed to People ahead of Thanksgiving. It all … Read more
Because the gods love to thwart us, Thanksgiving 2025 coincides with the year’s final Mercury retrograde, amplifying emotion and making strife the side dish of choice. Mercury rules the mind and the mouth, communication, conversation, suspicion and instigation. When the planet goes retrograde, it throws a match into the gas tank of our human exchanges, … Read more
As it begins to look a lot like Christmas, many Americans are already discussing the appropriate time to trim their tree. Balsam Hill, the California-based artificial tree company, has released its own guidance about the “best time” to put up Christmas trees. “It’s still a matter of preference, but many people prefer putting up their tree … Read more
This Thanksgiving, the content of popular “cocktails” may surprise you. A growing number of Americans are swapping cocktails for creative mocktails — and the numbers suggest the shift is here to stay. Recent surveys show nearly half of Americans now favor nonalcoholic drinks at the holiday table. Zero-proof spirit sales have jumped 22% in the … Read more
After several years of rising food prices, Americans are finally getting a break at the Thanksgiving table, mainly due to falling turkey costs. The average cost of a traditional feast for a holiday gathering has dropped this year, according to new data from Wells Fargo and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), with turkey, dinner rolls and … Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration is gearing up for its busiest Thanksgiving travel holiday since 2010 next week. In a news release on Friday, the agency said it’s expecting more than 52,000 flights on Tuesday, Nov. 25 alone. “Thanks to the dedication of our air traffic controllers and every FAA employee, we are ready for the … Read more
He’s spreading Christmas jeer. Penniless parents who can’t afford holiday toys for their tots deserve a fate worse than Santa’s “naughty” list, says an unsympathetic critic, who’s virally bashing folks for being broke. “If you can’t afford to buy your kids Christmas presents, then you don’t deserve kids,” Sam, a dad and dog lover, from … Read more
Three in five seasonal employees are relying on their temporary jobs to pay bills in the upcoming months. A new survey of 1,000 Americans — who have or plan to have a seasonal job — revealed that 60% of seasonal employees need these jobs to pay for necessities throughout the holiday season. And the average … Read more
The Harry Potter series, the Bible, and “Atomic Habits” are the top three books and series people are gifting this holiday season. That’s according to a recent survey of 2,000 American readers who celebrate the winter holidays, which unveiled book gift-giving trends this holiday season. While the Harry Potter series still largely reigns supreme in … Read more
Sixty-five percent of Americans say it’s nearly impossible to know how much to “safely” spend this holiday season in a recent survey. The survey of 2,000 Americans who celebrate winter holidays uncovers Americans’ financial strain, all the pressures they face when it comes to spending on gifts and “putting on” the holidays, and the resulting … Read more
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year… unless you have somebody in your life who calls you “mom.” Even more so if you hear that word 50 thousand times by 10 am. In the wise words of the Grinch: “This whole Christmas season is stupid, stupid, stupid.” “Ain’t doing that extra stuff” If mothers had a … Read more
Meghan Markle is throwing a party of her own after attending Kris Jenner’s 70th birthday bash. The former actress — who forced Jenner and Kim Kardashian to take down photos from the star-studded party — packed on the PDA with Prince Harry in Wednesday’s trailer for her Netflix holiday special, “With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration.” In … Read more