Happy holidays! This week we’re revisiting our favorite festive stories from years past, like this one: Once, at a dinner party, I was entranced when a friend unpacked her backpack to reveal each of ...

Wrapping paper – that thing that makes our holiday gifts look so festive – has a landfill problem. If it's shiny, metallic, or glitter-encrusted it's not recyclable. And even recycled paper isn't ...