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Liza Berdykulova | Graphic Artist

Ask Abby (or Analise): Loving the one you’re with, even if it’s just yourself

Analise Bruno December 2, 2024
It’s the holiday season, and I’m not sure how to curb these feelings of loneliness. Last Christmas I had a boyfriend, and now I don’t — but I still feel the same!
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Drink some eggnog, get fat, have a ball | Things I’ve Learned From Strangers

Lili Culhane December 8, 2023
It’s that time of year again –– muahahahaha –– sorry for the maniacal laugh. I just love Christmas time so much that it makes me crazy. Crazy in a good way. Crazy in a Holiday Cheer way.
Boston’s signature Santa Claus Jim Manning at a pet Meet-and-Greet with Santa at the Colonnade in Boston. MARGARET CORONA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Gallery: Winter Wonderland

Daily Free Press Staff December 8, 2023
As Fall slips away and the days get shorter, the trees go bare and Bostonians bundle up. The Frog pond freezes over and decorations adorn doorways— it can only mean one thing: Winter is coming to Boston.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Wear Me This: Knitwear is not the only thing evolving this holiday season

Sujena Soumyanath November 29, 2021
Experimentation with knitting — a practice often passed down generationally — can thus act as a good metaphor and avenue to reflect social change.
As the holiday season approaches, Netflix is releasing festive seasons of popular food shows. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Netflix gears up for holidays with baking show specials

Molly Farrar December 10, 2020

The holiday season comes with roasted chestnuts, fruitcake, decorated cookies and the like. Baking during this time is a central tradition, but sometimes, watching others create extravagant pies and cakes...

Weston Nurseries’ Pop-up Christmas Tree Shop. Patrons can visit the Boylston Street shop on Wednesdays through Sundays until Dec. 13, or until all trees are sold out. THALIA LAUZON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Christmas tree pop-up opens in Fenway

Vanessa Bartlett December 2, 2020
The shop - which aims to boost local morale - is open Wednesday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Shoppers can browse Christmas trees until Dec. 13 or while they last.
Lincoln Son Currie

Minority Report: The best way to spread Christmas cheer

Lincoln Son Currie November 16, 2020
Christmas music offers us the escape we need right now.
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