holidays
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Holidazed? Maiysha’s Guide to Last-Minute Gift Giving
True-confession time: When it comes to presents, I’m a procrastinator. Honestly, I’m terrible—especially these days, when The Glow Up gets most of my attention and energy. While some started holiday shopping back in October, I let both Black Friday and Cyber Monday pass by without batting an eyelash. But here we are, a week before…
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Sing Your Own Praises … Treat Yourself to Some #SelfLove, Part 3
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” —Buddha Since the beginning of the month, we’ve made a commitment to show up for ourselves with a little bit more love. If you’ve been following along with us, we started off our December journey to self-love by practicing the…
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Mind Your Plate, Not My Stomach: Surviving the Holidays With Judgmental Loved Ones
Some of us are looking forward to burying our faces in Christmas dinner with friends and family in a brief 10 days. Hopefully, your dinner will be blessed with someone who has gifted culinary hands when it comes to baked macaroni and cheese—and I’m not talking about the disrespectful and disgusting remakes making the rounds…
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Beyoncé Stole My Look: How to Do a Holiday Party Right
Damn it, I was going to wear that. This week, like many of you, we here at The Root are willing our livers to carry us through a week of open-bar holiday parties while trying to ride that fine line between office-appropriate and out-of-office attire—and behavior. Fun fact: Here at Gizmodo Media Group, where we…
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Glow-Getter: Santana Caress Benitez Cooks Like Your Mother … and May Just Steal the Scene
Chef Santana Caress Benitez doesn’t call herself an actress. This, despite her appearance as Lourdes “LuLu” Blackmon in Netflix’s recent series reboot of Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It; a scene-stealing supporting role that has literally sent Hollywood calling (as evidenced by the feature-film audition she’d sent off just prior to our conversation). Personally asked…
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Home for the Holidays? AphroChic Has Your Guide to Last-Minute Decorating
Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason, better known as husband-and-wife interior design team AphroChic, are experts in making a house feel like home. Prior to building their 10-year-old blog-turned-brand, the two moved across the country together and back, making homes in Philly and San Francisco, before finally settling in their beloved adopted hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y.…
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The Doctor Is In: Reframing the Christmas Blues
Full disclosure: I love Christmas. Like, in a frenetic, maniacal way. I love all the glittering, sparkly, tinsel-covered days leading up to Dec. 25. But glancing at my timeline across social media, I’ve begun to notice a trend: Not everyone shares my sentiments about the season of joy and cheer. And while I understand that…
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Get Haute for the Holidays With Veronica Marché and Her Line of Gorgeous Greeting Cards
Watching fashion illustrator Veronica Miller Jamison (also known as Veronica Marché) work is like watching an alchemical process: With a few deft strokes of her brushes, beauty emerges from a blank page. The Philly-based artist is known for her vibrant use of color and elegant silhouettes, and she considers women of color the ultimate muses.…
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The 10 Best Games for Black Families to Play During the Holidays
According to Andy Williams and everybody who has covered his famous song, it’s currently the most wonderful time of the year. For many of us, that means lots of gatherings of friends and family as we make our way to Christmas and New Year’s Eve. And what’s a great way to spend time with your…
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Unique Views Podcast, Episode 23: It's Family Time With Omar Gooding and Angell Conwell
This is the second time that the pod squad—myself, Ms. Patti LaDanielle, and The Root Senior Editor Stephen A. Crockett Jr.—have had something to do with Bounce TV. So excuse us if we’re feeling ourselves a bit. OK, so maybe I am feeling myself, by myself, but that’s because Stephen doesn’t deserve to feel himself.…