I was dumb enough to give birth to twins in the middle of November. That first winter, now 12 years in the rearview, we decided it was too much trouble to travel in the snow with six-week-old babies, and invited everyone to our house for Christmas for the first time: some relatives on both sides, a few friends who…

Over the course of the most festive month of the year, in Spike Glee, Allison Shoemaker will explore the wonderful world of slipping some alcohol into a hot beverage. The second beverage up: hot cider.

You aren’t sick of reading about my Oma yet, right? She of the red cabbage, the spaetzle, the stollen bread? Okay, good. Because Oma’s baking superpowers are at their highest levels in the two weeks leading up to Christmas, and she brings them to full force in these unusual but simple-to-bake walnut crescent cookies.

It’s probably been a while. Time to remedy this! When I was a kid, my parents would let me stay up every Christmas Eve to watch It’s A Wonderful Life on the local PBS station at midnight, resulting in my own, very personal holiday tradition. Lucky for me, awesome local movie theater the Music Box here in Chicago now…

Thousands of Utah state government employees last Friday perhaps became aware that Carol in human resources makes a mean spinach-artichoke dip, or that Barry in accounting won’t be able to participate in this year’s white elephant. That’s because a harmless email about an office’s holiday potluck gift exchange was…

Thereare a lot of reasons you might be looking for a place to go on Christmas Day. Maybe you don’t celebrate Christmas, for religious or other reasons. Maybe you’re far from or estranged from family. Maybe you just feel like being alone on the holiday, but not alone in your house. At any rate, there are fortunately…

Chrissy Teigen is a busy lady. Among the many items on her plate (that’s a pun, because she also has a line of kitchenware at Target): supermodel, television personality, creator of very charming Christmas specials, top-tier Twitter follow, parenting her kids and being married to handsome singing husband John Legend,…

Folks, if you’re a Takeout reader who lives in these United States, here’s your daily reminder to cherish that First Amendment of ours, which says we’re protected in saying the stupid shit we sometimes say without the government slapping us on the wrist. Citizens of many countries don’t have that privilege, like for…

Reese’s had a mystery on its hands. Someone was driving around Nashville, Tennessee in a vehicle decked out in Reese’s peanut butter cup logos, a ride that looked like the candy equivalent of the Wienermobile. But oddly, that person wasn’t affiliated with or known to Reese’s in any way. So who was it?

We all know how James Bond takes his drink: a martini, shaken not stirred (this guy isn’t even afraid of bruising the gin!). But how often does he partake of that iconic cocktail?

London restaurant M. Victoria has opened a club that will, until Christmas Eve, cater to an incredibly specific clientele. (They’ll close after that, because the regulars are busy.) The members-only club, launched with help from Cockburn’s (a port brand), will welcome all beleaguered working Santas to an oasis free of…

Items that are better cold: popsicles, hockey pucks, cans of light lager. Now two of those—sorry, popsicles—will begin to share similar thermochromic technology, meaning they’ll change colors when their temperatures change.

Welp, if you were hoping to visit Montclair, New Jersey to check out Dairy Air (ha), the ice cream shop with the controversial logo featuring a sexy cow’s butt, you’re too late. After a full year of being open (and enduring the ensuing controversy), owner Anthony Tortoriello announces that the shop is now closing. You…