Christmas is a busy year-round operation at the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau. Province readers are alerted to the frenzied activity behind the big warehouse doors at this time of the year because ...

"It's loud!" says Martina Gieske, an only child who married into a family of 14 siblings. "It took me a few years to memorize all the names." Hanging 104 Christmas stockings on a fireplace mantle is ...

While everyone else’s stockings are hung with care, Mom’s is often the last to be filled — if it’s filled at all. Why? For many families, moms are the magic makers of the holidays, but so often their ...

Toy giant Hamleys has revealed the items most likely to be in our 2025 stockings ... with a phone charger making the top ten. Chocolate coins and a small soft toy both topped the poll with a satsuma ...

Add a beautiful handcrafted touch to your celebrations with DIY New Year decoration ideas that will glam up your house décor.

The employees at TuGo Travel Insurance have become holiday hamper pros, making not just one, but hundreds over two decades. Since 2002, TuGo workers have made more than 700 hampers that provide food ...

When you’re ready to dip, melt semisweet chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave and stir until smooth. Dip the chilled coconut balls in chocolate and transfer to another parchment-lined baking ...

The tradition started in the mid-1960s, according to family matriarch Julia Gieske Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...

Handout photograph of TuGo employees making Christmas hampers. TuGo is a Richmond travel insurance company; they have made about 700 hampers over the past 23 years. (Credit: TuGo Travel Insurance) The ...

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Like anyone else, Christmas for me comes in multitudes: something I look forward to and dread in equal measure. Being a single parent or co-parent at this time of year means double the work and double ...

Your favorite holiday cookie cutters only come out of your kitchen drawer once a year—so why not make the most of them by ...