Last-minute shopping can be stressful.
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Figuring out how much to spend on gifts can be stressful.
Sometimes the reaction doesn’t go as planned.
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With the surprise meticulously planned, all eyes – and lenses – turn to the kids. All they have to do is react as expected: overjoyed. So why don’t they?
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Not giving offence is what Christmas is all about.
Paper not plastic.
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Christmas is hectic, and it can be easy just to go with the flow and vow to cut your plastic use in the new year. But here are some easy steps you can take now to make your Christmas plastic-free.
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Having only recently been removed from their homelands, it’s remarkable that the tribe decided to send such a donation.
They only seem to grow up so fast.
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Time often seems to fly by when you’re a parent. A social psychologist explains why it actually – and fortunately – does not.
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Wealth managers are playing an increasing role in determining what social causes are funded and how.
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Six questions to ask yourself before you buy that last minute Christmas present.
A toy truck left at a tombstone in a Montreal cemetery.
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The ritual might seem strange, but a sociologist spent eight years studying it – and found that there really is a therapeutic benefit.
Sometimes a gift that might seem reasonable is no nicer than a stocking full of coal.
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Sadly, people sometimes deliberately give bad presents.
Working together on a once-a-year project feels festive and special.
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Holiday traditions – whether culinary, religious, decorative or musical – help families bond and individuals feel stable and content.
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If it came down to buying a trip or a keepsake, which should you choose?
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Does the secret to romantic sales success actually lie in an appeal to our cynicism?
‘OMG, I love this box!’
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Forget about the expensive gifts, for young children, it’s all about the paper and the packaging this Christmas.
Socks? Seriously.
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At least say thanks.
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Stores are engaged in an arms race to make online shopping less of an impersonal chore.
‘Tis the season to think about Christmas spending in a different way.
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Five tips on how to spend in a way that contributes to social movements this Christmas.
Present and correct.
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Economics struggles to explain the explosion of gift models at the heart of our online economy.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
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Offers off free food, holidays and gifts are tempting, but there can be a price to pay – as Canberra discovered this week.
Lovebirds in the 14th-century Codex Manesse (Cod. Pal. germ. 848, f. 249v).
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How about some fowl play this Medieval Valentine’s day?