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Holiday tips and gifts for your survivalist

By Leanne Italie Associated Press THE ZOMBIE KNIFE: Which mega-knife to pack is a highly personal prepper decision, one that your average harried holiday gifter may not understand or have time to deep-dive research.

In the alternative, choose nice-looking with good reviews from those in the know online and go for an accompanying sheath to fancy up the offering. A fun name is a plus, such as the Zombie Tinder Survivor 1 at $210, handmade in the USA. It has an exceptionally sharp choil, or the section of the blade next to the handle, according to the makers at Zombietinder.com. That part, the company declares, is good for cutting rope, limbing small trees, splitting the rib cage of large game and making fuzz sticks for fire starting.

water. The maker promises that its Katadyn 1040 KFT ceramic filters remove bacteria, cysts, algae, protozoa, sediment, dirt, spores, some viruses and other disease-causing agents down to 0.2 microns, also taking care of any radioactive particles.

used as splints or snowshoes, laced with some of the 100 feet of red paracord provided. The whole shebang: 11.4 pounds, as seen on “Shark Tank.”

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Gratitude and hammocks: Oprah’s out with her favorite things

By Leanne Italie Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Oprah Winfrey’s back with her longest holiday gift list ever at 102 of her favorite things.

made in the USA,” Glassman told The Associated yucky. Add a little water at the bottom of this glass jar, seal and keep herbs fresh for up to two Press in a recent interview. weeks. $20.

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SMART NORA SNORE SOLUTION: Give the gift of a snore solution that doesn’t involve mouth Ranging in price from free (downloads of her GRATITUDE GLASS JAR: These handblown jars guards, nose strips or straps. It DOES involve a little Bluetooth-enabled, egg-shaped device that Super Soul Conversations podcast) to $2,000 (for on a pedestal base have wooden lids and come sits on a nightstand and is triggered by the snore. a 55-inch TV that morphs into a painting), with 365 bronze-foil adorned cards for families It then gently and slowly pumps up an inflatable Winfrey’s annual list will be featured in the to log the things they truly appreciate. $45. pillow insert tucked into a pillowcase to shift the December issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, culprit’s sleeping position and lessen the noise. including discount codes to plug into Amazon or LOUVELLE SHOWER TURBAN: Made of quickdry fabric with a waterproof lining, these turban$299. the websites of the companies themselves. style shower caps come in fun patterns and colEMU AUSTRALIA MAYBERRY SHEEPSKIN Winfrey’s elves, the magazine’s editor-at-large ors to make that blowout last. Oh, and there’s an SLIPPERS: With a sturdy lug sole, these fuzzy Gayle King and creative director Adam adjustable knot for just the right fit. $40. slides come in bright pink, blue and orange.

Glassman, spend much of the year scouting Oprah was a bit skeptical at first, Glassman said. items for the list, with Oprah herself making the EMI JAY SMOOSH SHIRTS AND PANTS: If she could, Oprah would live in these ultra-soft but “She said, really? I think my, like, Aunt Estelle final decision on what to include for everyone slightly structured sweat pants and shirts that used to wear those.” They’re not unlike furry men, women, pets and kids - in apparel, tech, come in light pink, gray and black, with an footwear found on runways and in the streets of home goods, beauty, food and other offerings. adjustable tie at the loose turtleneck. Shirts, New York and Paris, he noted. $60.

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coast. Little secret: The farm is owned by TV exec Lorne Michaels, Glassman. $50.

KATZ’S DELI DINNER FOR FOUR: The famed New York City deli will ship matzo ball soup, pastrami, corned beef, mustard, rye bread, knishes, pickles and chocolate or cinnamon babka to your chosen people. “I grew up going to Katz’s. My parents grew up on the Lower East Side,� Glassman said. “Nobody makes pastrami better.� $125.

MODEL BAKERY ENGLISH MUFFINS: Due to Oprah’s obsession with these muffins, they’re back for a second year, Glassman said. She even travels with them and brought a batch to the set of “A Wrinkle in Time� in New Zealand for cast and crew to enjoy. The artisanal darlings from this small Napa bakery come in a set with six original and six spelt. $35.

CASA DRAGONES JOVEN SIPPING TEQUILA: Oprah likes her tequila. This bottle for sipping is made by a woman-owned, small-batch distillery in Mexico and is her go-to. It’s a blend of silver and extra-aged tequila. The sipping bottle is pricey at $285. Oprah’s also offering a tequila blanco at $75 for mixing into cocktails.

YELLOW LEAF HAMMOCKS: Oprah once bought a house because it had a hammock hanging in the yard, Glassman said. These classic doubles are made in Thailand by artisan weavers. “When she stopped doing the daily talk show everyone was like, what are you gonna do and she goes I’m just gonna be laying in my hammock reading a book,� Glassman said. “That lasted about two days.� $199.

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How to please your red and blue staters for the holidays those infamous steaks might be hard • “What Happened,â€? Hillary Clinton to track down, but Trump wine from herself breaks it down. What, exactly, the vineyard of the same name can NEW YORK (AP) — He says MAGA. She says covfefe. This year has been the Democratic nominee was think- be purchased online. And to please your Clinton admirers: a white ing and feeling during one of the all about politics, so why not roll most raucous presidential elections pantsuit, vintage poster or book feawith that come holiday gift time? turing suffragettes. in history, $17.99.

THE CAPS: Because who doesn’t THE MUSIC: Shop the playlists of • “Hacks: The Inside Story of the love a good baseball-style cap? the year’s political players, but does Break-ins and Breakdowns that Put President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) hash- Donald Trump in the White House,â€? Trump listen to music? Back during

by Donna Brazile. The former inter- the campaign, candidate Trump told tag is plentiful on caps, including actual red ones. So are caps reading im Democratic National Committee The New York Times he was fond of chair offers her high-volume take on the 1969 Peggy Lee hit “Is that All “covfefe,� that word in a sentence what went wrong for the party as she There Is?� Written by Jerry Leiber fragment Trump tweeted out just and Mike Stoller of Elvis, “Hound after midnight on May 31 that went teetered on the verge of yanking like this: “Despite the constant nega- Clinton as the nominee eight weeks Dog� and “Jailhouse Rock� fame, the song ticks off a series of letdowns, before Election Day, $28. tive press covfefe.� Thousands of memes and tweets followed, includ- THE MERCH: The possibilities here from a house fire to a circus that apparently wasn’t up to snuff to love ing one from the tweeter-in-chief are as endless as the election cycle lost. In the alternative, how about a himself five hours later: “Who can felt. Holiday tree ornaments, Tgood polka from Slovenia? figure out the true meaning of “cov- shirts, mugs — the usual, but what fefe� ??? Enjoy!� Anywhere from $9 to about a sweet shout-out for Bernie For blue staters: President Barack $36.

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THE BOOKS: Books are gifty, for readers anyway. Two might be of

interest to your red and blue staters:

Vermont with a nice container of maple syrup? On the Trump side,

2015, the Obama White House hopped onto Spotify and served up

Barack’s handpicked summer playlists, one for day and one for night. They’re killer.

His top five for sunlight: “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg� by The Temptations; “Live It Up� by The Isley Brothers; “Memories Live� by Talib Kweli and Hi Tek; “Tombstone Blues� by Bob Dylan; and “So Much Trouble in the World� by Bob Marley.

After-hours at the top: “My Favorite Things� by John Coltrane; “Superpower (feat. Frank Ocean)� by Beyonce; “Moondance� by Van Morrison; “Is Your Love Big Enough?� by Lianne La Havas; and “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart� by Al Green.

As for Clinton, she’s a Bey fan, telling Rolling Stone back in February 2016: “I want to be as good a president as Beyonce is a performer.�

Sanders, meanwhile, is a big music fan who’s all over the map, from Beethoven to Willie Nelson.

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Personalized maps offer the gift of place

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His studio, Pangea Maps, makes topographic maps of coastlines and lakes throughout North America and Australia, as well as custom maps of any seascape or lakeside locale. (www.pangeamaps.com )

If you’ve got avid travelers on your gift list this year, or just armchair ones, consider getting them a custom map. Maps of favorite places might commemorate special trips or experiences, and can appeal to any age or gender.

Pangea’s maps have a monochromatic look, as much artwork as topography.

Map Your Travels, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has some options. One of its maps shows all the national parks, with pins to chart your visits.

Percy decided to start the mapmaking business after he gave his first one to his dad on Father’s Day.

“We had one family who had kept track of all the parks they’d visited together over the years, and then gave a map to each of their five kids, so the next generation could map their national park visits,” said Nancy Spangrud of Map Your Travels.

ored pins to mark parks, stadiums and favorite places. Local artist Julie May does the artwork, and a Wisconsin cartographer designs the For the sports-loving family, the stu- world maps. Each map is printed dio has a map of the country’s ball- on archival paper and mounted on parks, past and present. Use the col- foam core; a wood frame completes

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He says one client had recently moved her mother into a residential care home, and had Percy create a Pangea map of the family’s lakeside cabin. The family wrote him to say the map created a calm and peaceful setting for their mom to look at, and was a creative way to help her and visitors recall happy memories of their time at the lake.

If you’d like your 3-D lake map to provide additional geographic information, consider the detailed, colored, birch-wood maps from www.lakehouselifestyle.com.

The Lake Michigan model, for example, situates the waterway on a state map, providing a sense of its enormous size. Points of interest include deepest point and shoreline length.

Maps also may be ordered as printed throw pillows, trays and clocks.

At www.Minted.com, you provide an address and they’ll create a custom pigment-print map on acid-free paper. Choose from an array of colors or metallic foils. Pick a city, or zero in on a favorite neighborhood.

New York’s Art Prints Vintage studio will create a heart-shaped montage of up to three locations, using scans of vintage maps. The artwork could make a thoughtful shower, wedding, anniversary or long-distance-relationship gift. (www.etsy.com/shop/ArtPrintsVintage ) For adventuresome friends or loved ones, consider one of Amelia Gier’s collages of maps assembled to look like mountain peaks. Choose any four places. The Duvall, Washington, artist also offers maps cut into maple leaf (fun for Canadians), diamond or bird shapes.

“We have a vast resource of maps,” she says, “so even small towns are no problem most of the time.” (www.etsy.com/shop/AGierDesign ) Craft beer aficionados might like a Baltic birch map of the U.S. with cutout holes to display memorable brews from one’s travels. (www.uncommongoods.com ) And Portland, Maine, artisans John and Charlotte Guptill will craft a key ring for you that immortalizes a favorite location in resin and brass, tethered to a bungee cord. They also make cufflinks, pendants, wine stoppers and paperweights. (www.chartmetalworks.com )

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Gadgets, comfort, luggage: A gift guide for travelers PowerPort Solar Lite, $51, was deemed the best solar charger by The NEW YORK (AP) — What’s in your bag New York Times’ Wirecutter producttesting company. when you take a trip? What gadgets, tools and comfort items are essential? • The Tile, $35, to keep track of belongings. Attach the Tile to an The Associated Press crowdsourced that question on a Facebook thread as object like keys or bags, or tuck it fodder for a holiday gift guide for trav- inside a passport case or wallet, and elers. We heard from folks around the you can locate the item with Bluetooth technology. For outdoor world, from millennials to retirees, gear, try Tile Sport. from frequent-flying business travel• Tiny Bluetooth speakers, like the $28 ers to once-in-a-while vacationers.

Here are their recommendations, plus Oontz, to fill a hotel room or vacation rental with music. a few of our favorites.

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Give the gift of life’s building blocks for the holidays

By Leanne Italie Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stumped about holiday gifts?

Reach for the stuff of life itself. Gifts made of or merely related to DNA have multiplied over the last several years as interest in genealogy has picked up. You’ve got your basics, like coffee mugs and T-shirts with ye old double helix on them, but there are other things to order, wrap up and hand over as gifts.

HUMAN DNA KITS Yes, we’re talking saliva for the holidays. Oprah Winfrey was taken by one kit in particular, the Ancestry kit from a company called 23andMe. She put the kit on her 2017 list of her favorite things. According to some reviews, the kit has a good number of features, as does one from Ancestry.com, which boasts the world’s largest DNA network to reveal ancestors and where they came from.

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For $199, a company called Embark makes a dog DNA test that generates a report it says will identify everything from geographic origin to personality traits through the tracking of more than 200,000 genetic markers.

Another company, Orivet Genetic Pet Care, will do the same, including disease screening, breed identification and purebred profiles, including parentage confirmation, for $85.

DNA WALL ART The company DNA11 has been around since 2005. It produces via a mouth swab method of DNA collection colorful framed canvas art for hanging and smaller versions for desk display based on the samples.

Several size options are available, as are a range of color schemes. Prices range from $199 to $649.

The DNA of several people can be combined into one canvas or split into two screens for couples. The company delivers to 29 countries.

company, Dotone.io, will help a gifter out, partnering with another company, Helix, to provide a testing kit and instructions on how a gift recipient can get it done in colorful yarns.

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AP’s gift ideas for yogis, gym rats and wellness lovers

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soothe achy muscles after a grueling CrossFit workout. The essential oils help you mellow and there’s no synthetic dyes, artificial fragrances or other preservatives. And yes, they’re totally legal. $8 each.

many others are retiring. Brady shares his holistic approach to staying in shape physically and MIAMI (AP) — We’ve rounded up mentally, breaking down everythe 10 best gift ideas for all your thing from his diet and training favorite gym rats from Weekend regimen to brain games. The book Warriors to barre lovers.

• STACKABLE RESISTANCE BANDS: also explains Brady’s stance on STOCKING STUFFERS The easiest way to sneak in a solid muscle pliability and provides exercises, shopping lists and supple• ENSO SILICONE RINGS: Metal workout at home or in your hotel. ment suggestions. $30 wedding bands can be a serious Black Mountain Product’s super drag. They pinch your finger when light-weight resistance bands range • TOM BRADY FOR UNDER you’re lifting weights, slide all over from 2-4 pounds to 25-30 pounds ARMOUR’S ATHLETE RECOVERY the place during sweaty yoga and of resistance — perfect whether SLEEPWEAR: Training hard can can cause major stress when you you’re recovering from an injury or take a major toll on your body. have to hide them in your gym looking to get swole. The set comes Brady sleeps in PJ’s that use print with a door anchor, metal clip sys- technology on the inside to reflect locker. These silicone rings are tem, soft-grip handles and a lifesuper comfortable, flexible and far infrared, which claims to help time warranty. $32.99 durable. The stackables come in your body recover faster and profun colors and finishes. Keep extras FOR HIM motes a better night sleep. They’re in the car for last minute workouts. also super soft and comfy. Men’s • TOM BRADY’S BOOK “The TB12 Rings start around $10.

Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime sleep T-shirt is $79.99.

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news — it only lasts 28 minutes and you can do it at home or in the gym. $19.99 for a month or $54.99 for three months • WANDERLUST: Give the ultimate yogi and wellness retreat. Splurge on Wanderlust’s multi-day festivals in exotic spots like Hawaii; Lake Tahoe, California; and Whistler, British Columbia where you can indulge in everything from ocean or lakeside yoga and cutting edge lectures to dance parties, farm-totable meals and tons of other outdoor activities. The more affordable Wanderlust 108 is a one-day event with a 5K run, yoga, meditation and tons of cool vendors in dozens of cities across the U.S. Prices range from $99 for a one-day ticket or $480 for a 4-day ticket to the Hawaii festival (doesn’t include lodging). Tickets for the 108 oneday events range from $30 to $60.

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• GOOP HEALTH SUMMIT: If your loved ones wouldn’t think twice about guzzling organic wheat grass, getting a vitamin infused IV drip or putting leeches on their face for an extra glow, then send them to Gwyneth Paltrow’s second annual Goop Health Summit — the mecca of all things wellness. This year’s summits will be in New York and Los Angeles. Last year’s summit made headlines with workouts led by fitness gurus Tracy Anderson and Taryn Toomey, panels discussions with scientists, along with binaural beats meditation, acupressure and tarot card readings.

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By Leanne Italie Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ridiculous but awesome might be a good place to start when it comes to Gwyneth Paltrow’s gift selections via her lifestyle brand goop.

When the claro walnut timber, mirrored glass and burnished brass barcart for $10,450 is out of reach, Goop curates the heck out of holithere’s always the Psychic Vampire day shopping, both online and Repellent spray-able elixir, a mist through pop-up stores in New York, that uses a combination of “gem Miami and Newport Beach, healing” and aromatic oils to “banCalifornia. Prices go high and low in ish bad vibes,” $28, from Paper a range of categories, including gifts Crane Apothecary. for hosts, animal lovers, travelers, “dreamers,” lovers and the under-18 Flowers arrangers: Goop lists a $72 pair of carbon steel, 24-carat goldcrowd. plated snippers (14 centimeters But it’s her over-the-top picks that long) from the U.K. scissor makers often generate buzz. This year, that Ernest Wright & Son. Too steep? Go includes a $16,500 at-home float for the bar of Brooklyn-made coffee tank from Royal Spa, an antique, mint soap instead, from Saipua, $18. hand-carved canoe (with oars!) for $7,995 from Jayson Home and the Personal Yellow Submarine (for yachtspeople who have everything) that goes for, well, price upon

Sadly, the tot-size Christian Louboutin ballet slippers in satin, glitzy gold and silk — and price tag of $250 — have sold out. There’s always the gray alpaca beanie-style rabbit hat with long floppy ears for $56, from Oeuf NYC.

STOCKING STUFFERS A cool little wooden cube speaker with a built-in amplifier and crafted out of natural-hued beechwood. It offers four to five hours of playback per charge, $50, from Kikkerland.

A bundle of “soothing bath and meditation aids,” with aged essential oil, vegan soap, incense blends and a palo santo wood stick, $38, from Incausa. Palo santo, for the record, means “holy wood” in Spanish.

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There’s a skateboard hybrid with a huge rubber wheel at the center for Paltrow likes her charcoal. She offers use on a range of terrains, called the us: Onewheel.

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The same company offers and goop is selling an $8 binchotan charcoal toothbrush. The bristles are charcoal infused. Says goop: “This brush is amazing for preventing bad breath and thoroughly cleansing teeth and your whole mouth.”

And if that isn’t enough charcoal choices, pick up a bar of Herbivore Botanicals bamboo charcoal soap for filtering and purifying and detoxifying and deep cleansing and exfoliating, for $12.

If matcha’s more like it: goop is selling Four Sigmatic Mushroom Matcha with Lion’s Mane, an organic ceremonial-grade tea and extract of the frilly, anemone-like mushroom, to drink as a “stimulating morning ritual,” 20 servings, $33.

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Also from Cloud7, a tweed travel pet bed in a sturdy hemp-cotton mix that folds up with Velcro straps and a carry strap and folds out into a fuzzy sheep’s wool blend mat, $100.

THE DREAMERS Who doesn’t have a few? Sometimes it’s more about the idea than the gift.

Moon Juice Brain Dust, $38. It’s “an enlightening edible formula alchemized to align you with the mighty cosmic flow needed for great achievement,” says goop. It recommends adding one teaspoon of the herbal supplement to 8 ounces of any hot or cold liquid, good for 25 servings. What’s in it? Organic astragalus, shilajit, maca, lion’s mane, rhodiola, ginkgo and stevia.

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A look at travel books to inspire trips or to give as gifts illustrated volumes with big themes Continental Divide trails. will get armchair travelers smiling and • “Timeless Journeys: Travels to the real-world travelers planning.

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Feed a passion, gift just the right coffee-table book

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hood. The book starts at the begin- to feel for fashion right now? Her ning, in 1947, and includes an inside answer is the notion that the “exuWestbrook inspires in images, berance that is fashion has its own chunky quotes from the style drivers look at the atelier.

NEW YORK (AP) — Know a book role to play — even in (especially in) Eras are broken down by creative he has chosen and some product lover with a coffee table and a pasthe worst of times.” directors, including Yves Saint placement tracing his fashion colsion? Then you’re good to go on a Laurent from 1957 to 1960 and John There are first ladies, supermodels laborations. gift.

Galliano, from 1996 to 2011, straight and a William Wegman dog wearing One of the most adorable moments: Coffee-table books aren’t usually on through to the first woman to a Piaget diamond necklace and then-first lady Michelle Obama hughigh on the self-purchase priority head the house, today’s Maria looking mighty haute couture. list but they can make great holiday ging Westbrook after he and his fel- Grazia Chiuri, named last year.

PHOTOGRAPHY & ART low Team USA members took gold gifts if chosen carefully.

• Speaking of anniversaries, Harper’s at the 2012 Olympic Games in Some suggestions: Bazaar is marking 150 years and the • Rihanna bathed in red, Havana London. light. A pregnant Melania Trump in FASHION & STYLE book, “Harper’s Bazaar 150 Years: a golden bikini. Neil Patrick Harris • The House of Dior is marking 70 The Greatest Moments,” captures • Russell Westbrook, because why years in fashion and there’s one spe- some of the stars in modeling, fash- with a large snake’s tail down his not? pants. cial book for your Dior lover that ion design and photography who That’s the catchphrase of the NBA covers a lot of ground: “Dior: The helped shape the magazine over the Welcome to “Annie Leibovitz: superstar who is one stylish guy and House of Dior, Seventy Years of decades.

Portraits 2005-2016,” the third volhas put together a great book offer- Haute Couture,” National Gallery of ume in a series by the famed phoFrom Abrams, retailing at $65, the ing a glimpse into his world, celeVictoria, $65. book offers some much-needed cul- tographer. The book, from Phaidon, brating trendsetters he admires The companion to an exhibition at tural context, such as editor Glenda includes 150 photographs of artists, along the way. the gallery in Melbourne, Australia, Bailey’s letter that ran soon after the performers, writers, athletes, politiPeep the baby photo of Westbrook includes Christian Dior in his own Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the cians and scientists, including in the back, gold chain on point, in words, including his passion for LeBron James and his “chosen” tatWorld Trade Center and the “Russell Westbrook: Style Drivers,” flowers carried over from his child- Pentagon. What, she mused, are we too and a stunning, stripped-down Rizzoli New York, $55.

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and Isabella Blow included.

It’s a heavy lift, weight-wise and at $110, but it pretty much defines gifty coffee-table books for culture vultures.

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• David LaChappelle. Is he the Magritte of his surreal, celebrity fueled world? As Richard Avedon, another famous photographer, muses in The New York Times, the potential is there.

The meaning of black identity, debates over “black art” in pamphlets and magazines, work by Faith Taschen has the honor of publishing Ringgold and Romare Bearden, and the long-awaited last two installessays detailing the lives and roles ments in LaChappelle’s five-book of numerous others included. anthology, “Lost + Found, Part I” and “Good News, Part II,” sold sepa- Also included is what went on during those years behind the scenes to rately at $69.99 each. boost the visibility of AfricanThese are visual recordings, American artists in museum collectableaux featuring famous figures tions and exhibitions and to promostly in stunning color, including mote the rise of African-Americans some memorable foldouts. The first to museum leadership roles. Key to volume includes a decade of unseen that effort was the Black Emergency work. The second book has Cultural Coalition, which also LaChappelle contemplating mortal- worked to secure funding for prison ity and paradise. art programs in the 1970s following Tupac Shakur, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, the 1971 uprising at Attica State Prison. the entire Kardashian-Jenner clan

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Creative ways to reuse Christmas cards Roughly 1.6 billion Christmas cards, including boxed cards, are purchased in a given year. That’s quite a lot of cards to address and mail, and many festive greetings for recipients to read and display.

With so much money and effort put into sharing Christmas greetings, some people may wonder how they can prolong the merriment offered by these cards. Here are some creative ways to put Christmas cards to new use once this holiday season has come and gone.

Make your own gift tags. Christmas card stock is the perfect medium to turn into gift tags for presents. Cut the cards into squares or rectangles or use a stencil to create whatever shape you desire. Then use a hole punch to create a space for ribbon or another tie. Use the tag to dress up gifts with something more unique than self-stick tags.

Get magnetized. All it takes is a scissor, some glue and sheets of magnet for a decorative and fun craft project. Turn favorite Christmas cards into mementos that can be saved year after year, which also will dress up refrigerators or other magnetic surfaces. This idea works well for photo greeting cards as well.

mantle or another prominent area.

If cards are too large, punch out large circles from the cards and then attach those disks to heavy thread.

Make Christmas card ornaments.

Use the cards to create uniquely shaped ornaments for the tree.

Cards can be turned into block shapes and hung with ribbon.

Another idea is to punch out circles or ovals from the cards and tile them on a foam egg to look like a multicolored pine cone. Explore your creative side and decorate your tree at the same time.

Frame favorite cards. Make greeting cards a permanent part of holiday decor by framing the most decorative ones you receive. Use these frames year after year and put them on display with other holiday decorations.

Decorate your packages. Instead of overspending on preprinted gift bags, make your own. Buy plain bags in a solid color and then embellish them with cutout patterns or pictures from Christmas cards.

Make a wine bottle gift tag. Use a 11â „4-inch hole punch to create an opening for the neck of a wine bottle on a piece of folded card stock. Glue Create greeting card garlands. a greeting card to the portion of the Display cards by stringing them card stock that will lay flush with the together and hanging them from the wine bottle and you have a

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Shred older cards for confetti. Fill gift boxes or bags with homemade confetti made from recycled Christmas cards.

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Keep the holiday season healthy, safe and secure During the holiday season, many people do not want their thoughts to stray to anything unpleasant.

Although celebrating may be the primary goal come the holiday season, individuals and families also should devote some attention to keeping the holidays safe.

delicate decorations away from harm.

Wash hands to prevent germs. As the cold weather arrives, people may spend greater periods of time indoors or in close proximity to other people. The holidays also are about greeting friends and relatives, Just because it’s Chanukah, and embracing or kissing. Do not Christmas or New Year’s doesn’t ruin the festivities by spreading mean safety and security should germs. The Centers for Disease not remain a top priority. The Control and Prevention says the following guidelines can help holiday season is also flu season. families enjoy a holiday season that The CDC recommends celebrants is healthy, safe and secure. wash their hands with soap and Exercise caution when decorating. clean running water for at least 20 seconds to remove germs.

Decorations can be beautiful, but they also can be hazardous if not Keep track of curious children. used properly. Overloading outlets Children are enamored with the is commonplace during the holiday sights and sounds of the holidays season, but that can lead to home and may be more curious than ever fires. Exercise caution around during this time of year. Things candles and other open flames. Pets adults take for granted can be may become tangled in wires or hazards to youngsters. The needles knock over glass ornaments. Keep of holiday trees can cause painful

cuts in the mouth and throat of a child who swallows them. Snow sprays may be harmful if the aerosol propellants are used improperly. Peanuts and popcorn used for decorating can pose potential choking hazards to young children.

may drink the beverages they see adults drinking. Alcohol poisoning is a real risk for children, so pay attention to youngsters no matter how young they may be.

Protect the home. Deter home burglars when traveling for the holidays by having neighbors keep a watchful eye on your house. Use Be a smart host or hostess. motion-sensor lights, keep up the Alcoholic beverages and holiday revelry sometimes go hand in hand. appearance that someone is home Responsible party hosts know when by having mail collected, and do not advertise any travel plans on a guest has had too much and will social media. Investment in a home arrange safe transportation home. security system if need be.

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Holiday menus are heavy on nostalgia

By Melissa Kossler Dutton Associated Press

a traditional English roast on Christmas.

When Devin Kidner was a child, she “It wouldn’t be Christmas without looked forward to the box of goodies the food,” she said. her aunt sent from England each Holidays meals are an easy way for December. children to absorb lessons about In addition to chocolates and gifts, their ethnicity and ancestors, said the box contained powdered musAmy Bentley, a professor of food tard and custard, pickles and other studies at New York University. foods that her father needed to pre- Because eating and dining together pare the family’s annual Christmas involve all the senses, it creates meal. A British native who moved to powerful memories, she said. the United States, Graham Kidner “It’s nutrition, but it’s also culture,” relishes the chance to share the foods of his childhood with his fam- she said. “It’s a way of saying, this is who we are, and this is what’s ily, said his daughter, now 31 and important.” living in Chicago.

“This is his way to feel connected to The internet and the popularity of import stores and specialty grocers his family,” she said. “It keeps him have made it easier to access tied to England.” beloved foods at the holidays.

The meal, along with regular visits “across the pond,” helped Kidner appreciate her heritage. She can’t imagine eating anything other than

says the shop increases production of the potato-filled dumplings tenfold in December. Pierogis are commonly served at Christmas and during Lent in many Polish, Czech, Slovak and Hungarian households.

The demand is so great that Stan’s stops taking pierogi orders two weeks before Christmas. SrodekJohnson has had people show up at the bakery with tattered recipes or lists of ingredients asking whether she could help reproduce their grandmother’s pierogis.

She and her family use their great aunt’s traditional recipe.

“We have found a lot of people just can’t reproduce grandma’s handiwork at home,” she said. “Many people tell us that ours are as good or better.”

family. Every December, the various generations gather to make the sausage that Katie Kennedy Westra’s great, great grandma brought from Sweden.

“Grandma tells us all what to do,” she said. “It’s always such a hoot.”

They serve the sausage with mustard and lingonberries at their Christmas celebration. While the meal remains a way for Westra and her siblings to stay connected to their roots, they recently discovered that their family in Sweden no longer makes the sausage.

“I have a cousin over there who never even heard of it,” said Westra, 35. “She asked me to send the recipe.”

Regardless, she said, the tradition has already taken hold in her family’s next generation. “My oldest is in Leslie Srodek-Johnson of Stan’s The Kennedy clan in Beresford, Northfield Bakery, which sells hand- South Dakota, is determined to keep 4-H and she wrote a speech about her Swedish heritage for the state their potato sausage recipe in the made pierogis in Northfield, Ohio,

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Dustin Shearon, 45, would never attempt to make Moravian Sugar Cake, his favorite holiday treat, at home. For him, the store-bought version brings back memories of his mother and grandmother taking him to Dewey’s Bakery in his hometown, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The cinnamon and sugar coffee-style cake, which was brought to the region by Moravian settlers in the mid-1700s, remains a local favorite. Many children are introduced to it during school field trips to a living history village known as Old Salem.

Shearon was delighted to discover that a grocery store in his new home town of Charlotte, North Carolina, had started stocking the Dewey’s cake at the holidays. It offered him a way to share stories about his childhood with his son and daughter.

“It’s a connection to my past, and a way to talk about the life I shared with my mom and grandma,” he said.

He serves the cake on Thanksgiving and Christmas: Not having it, he says, “would be like not having sweet potato casserole on Thanksgiving. I would be distraught if I could not get my Moravian sugar cake.”

Josh McCutchen, Dewey’s vice president of marketing, said the company ships the cakes all over the country during the holiday season.

Ann Jones, meanwhile, ships cinnamon sticks to her grandchildren in New York every Thanksgiving and Christmas to give them a taste of Ohio, where she grew up. She also keeps some of the cinnamon sticks — made from layers of sweet dough and cinnamon at The Original Goodie Shop in Columbus — in her freezer at home in Jupiter Island, Florida.

“My grandchildren have never been to Ohio. They don’t have any connection to Columbus, but they love cinnamon sticks,” she said.

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Holiday cards: To share or not to share divorce and how your ex-husband did you wrong? The card is not the venue For many people, the rules for posting for this kind of news.” personal news on Facebook, Pinterest LisaMarie Luccioni, a professor of and other social media are clear: Put a communications at the University of Cincinnati, said people have grown Good Face on Everything. But that skeptical, however, of the crafted, iderule doesn’t always extend to holiday alized versions of life they see on cards. There, along with the smiling pictures and upbeat updates, you also Facebook. The holiday card can serve as a reality check, she said. might learn about the year’s marital debacles, bad diagnoses or heart“I actually appreciate the candor and breaking fertility problems. Refreshing honesty of people in these types of honesty or too much information? cards,” said Luccioni. “I’m a professor

By Anne Wallace Allen Associated Press

The tell-all holiday card or letter has been around for a few years now, said Diane Gottsman, a Texas-based etiquette expert. She believes that a holiday card is supposed to be a warm greeting; if you want to update people on the harsh realities of your life, have that conversation in person.

“The holiday card should warm hearts, with some small note,” said Gottsman. “Droning on about your

ular seasonal event for cards, according to the Greeting Card Association.

and just put it out there,” she said. “I also didn’t want to repeat the story 100 times, and that’s kind of where I was at.”

For many people, it seems, paper cards or newsletters connect on a more personal level than an e-card, She was uncomfortable putting inforsaid Margaret Page, an etiquette coach mation on social media that could be in Vancouver, British Columbia. seen by people outside her circle of friends.

She thinks that senders of holiday cards might say too much because The format of a letter can serve as a they’re not connecting closely enough signal that big news might be coming. the rest of the year.

But a card should stay light, said “Social media is not really being con- Gottsman, who thinks heavy use of nected,” Page said. “People are desper- social media reinforces the idea that ate to make real connections, and are it’s OK to deliver all kinds of news — of 25 years and I appreciate when a using Christmas cards, birthday cards, good, bad, personal, gossipy — in a student gives me honesty.” to share information with others that holiday greeting.

Despite the availability of electronic they wouldn’t have a decade ago. or “The right venue to deliver bad news greeting cards, many people still send even five years ago.” is in person, or over the telephone. Or paper holiday cards, sometimes A lawyer in Boise, Idaho, who asked if you can, send an informative letter,” including page-long “newsletters” not to be named, decided to share the she said. “And you know, we do care summarizing the year. The greeting about these peoples’ lives, generally. card industry says Americans buy 6.5 reasons behind her divorce in a Christmas letter two years ago.

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