christmas
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Celebrating, Celebrity-Style: What Did the Famous Do This Christmas?
So…assuming you celebrate, what did you do for Christmas? Was it filled with family and food, celebrated with your chosen “framily,” or spent binge-watching and bingeing on Chinese food *raises hand*? Whatever your holiday looked like this year, we hope it was everything you wished it to be, because ‘tis the season to do whatever…
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Give the Gift of Chill: Letting Your Black Atheist Family Live on Christmas
I used to love Christmas. Don’t get me wrong—I don’t hate Christmas now, and this isn’t one of those melancholic “ghost of Christmas magic” essays. My eyes still light up when I see a beautiful holiday display, and it’s the only time you’ll ever get me to admit that snow can be beautiful. I still…
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The Perpetual Stoner's Guide to Surviving Christmas Day
If you’re reading this, you made it to Christmas, the day your inner child wakes you up ahead of your alarm for a day full of joyful, healthy interactions with family and friends. You’ve spent the previous few days stressing over gift sizes, jockeying for position in your nearby grocery store, and avoiding the requisite…
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5 Christmas Rap Songs That Definitely Slap
When it comes to the holiday season there are a few keywords that likely come to mind: snow, presents, Christmas trees, Santa, hot cocoa, family, seasonal depression and the overwhelming anxiety of being able to afford to participate in a tradition of ravenous consumerism. All festive and wondrous things! And then, of course, there’s holiday-themed…
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The Root's Gift Guide for Black People Who Have to Buy Presents for White People
What do you give the person who has everything, including white privilege? How do you shop for someone who can get out of church at a decent hour, sit in Starbucks as long as they want and is bold enough to stand in the aisle at Bed, Bath and Beyond, look at the bath salts…
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Trump Is Really Going to Shut Down the Government If He Doesn’t Get His Lego Wall for Christmas
President Toddler Von BabyVomit is really sticking to his guns about this dumb ass-wall, threatening to shut down the government until he gets a Lego Mexican Border Wall playset that is going to kill all kinds of butterflies or some shit. According to the Hill, House Democrats are planning for the long shutdown that will…
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Vandals Kill Black Santa
Homeowners in an Oregon neighborhood thought that they could have an inflatable black Santa on their lawn but quickly learned that vandals— apparently believing that Santa was born in Kenya and not America—murked black Santa in a heinous murder. Fritz Richard told WAVY, which despite its name is not a news station only for black…
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12 Days of Gifting, Day 2: Home(bodies) for the Holidays
It’s Day Two of The Glow Up’s 12 Days of Gifting—and, as promised, we’re back with more ideas for you! I don’t know about you, but my ideal winter vacation is actually a staycation. While the weather outside is frightful (I live in Chicago, so that’s a very real possibility this time of year), I…