Holiday Reading Roundup

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On behalf of our staff at The Hudsucker, we wish you and your families the very best this season as you celebrate the holidays with your loved ones! May your winter sparkle with love and deliver an abundance of happiness and good cheer your way, and shine with moments of love, laughter and goodwill!

If you’re staying in today, grab a hot cocoa and catch up on some holiday reading, care of our writers. Here are some of our festive favorites!

Family & Life

7 Easy Tips for Celebrating Baby’s First Christmas:
While it might seem a little like last year with the same old Starbucks lattes and that sparkly décor lining your home, there’s one true thing that promises to make this year your most special yet: your baby. {Continue reading…}

The Importance of Setting Realistic Resolutions for the New Year:
As we move into 2017, it is only natural to spend time thinking about what resolutions you are going to try and set. Similarly, you may find yourself thinking about the things that you wanted to accomplish in 2016 that perhaps fell by the wayside. {Continue reading…}

Music:

The Hudsucker’s Favorite Holiday Songs:
With the holidays upon us, Christmas music is truly inescapable! Whether we’re wrapping gifts or baking up a sugar cookie storm, classic yuletide anthems are the perfect addition to our festive callings, balancing timelessness and nostalgia. {Continue reading…}

The Best of 2016 Christmas Albums:
From fresh takes on traditional classics to the introduction of new contemporary originals, there’s never a shortage of creativity when it comes to introducing new Christmas songs to the music listener’s repertoire. {Continue reading…}

The Hudsucker’s Favorite Christmas Albums:
We can all agree that one of the best things about the holiday season is listening to all the Christmas music. While so many of the classics we have come to love over the years have been recorded a million times by artists new and old… {Continue reading…}

The Hudsucker’s Quintessential Holiday Playlist:
Between all that tree trimming and holiday baking, there’s a well-loved and appreciated universality to yuletide music that transcends Christmas. {Continue reading…}

Movies & Television:

How Life is So ‘Wonderful’ According To Capra:
Throughout the years there have been many films that have created quite an impact but none can really compare to Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life. The film isn’t really just a film. {Continue reading…}

12 of Our Favorite Holiday Movies:
Spend these chilly winter nights basking in the warm glow of your television set with friends and family. Our staff shares a few of their favorite holiday movies that you are bound to enjoy this festive season. {Continue reading…}

Top 10 Best ’90s Sitcom Episodes:
Holiday episodes of our favorite TV shows are the perfect way to get just about anyone in the mood for the season. Nowadays, shows are making episodes about Hanukkah and other winter holidays along with Christmas… {Continue reading…}

Christmas Week 2016 Movie Preview:
More than ever, we are compelled to turn to entertainment for escapism. With all the social strife and political turmoil that unfolded throughout 2016, the movie theater is the destination for being transported away from reality for a few hours and entering into a different state of mind. {Continue reading…}

6 Interesting Facts You Didn’t Know About ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’:
So many movies have been released over the years specifically for the Christmas season, but no film has created quite the impact on our culture than Frank Capra’s 1946 classic, It’s A Wonderful Life. {Continue reading…}

Re-Gifting with The Girls with Glasses:
Whether it be a birthday present, something from that aunt who won’t stop treating you like a piece of taffy and tearing at your cheeks, or from your Secret Santa at work, we’ve all re-gifted. {Continue reading…}

Photography:

Christmas Through Our Eyes:
December is one of the most loved months from the year as Christmas arrives with all the joys of the season. Our writers share how they see the holiday in a piece celebrating festive photography. {Continue reading…}

Food:

6 Holiday Cookie Recipes You Must Try:
If you’re one that starts the holiday baking the minute Thanksgiving is over or only prepare treats for Christmas Day, there are so many holiday cookies to choose from. Our writer shares some of her favorites. {Continue reading…}

4 Holiday Foods That Should Go Away:
One of the best things about the holiday season is all the delicious, seasonal foods items that people prepare and that are found in stores. However, there are always those few foods that have become mandatory holiday staples that you just can’t stand. {Continue reading…}

5 Recipes for Using up Leftover Candy Canes:
Tis the season for candies and sweets, and one of the most prominent this time of year is candy canes. Though peppermint is the traditional flavor, these days candy canes come in almost every flavor imaginable. But what about leftover candy canes? {Continue reading…}

7 Extravagant Holiday Desserts to Try This Season:
Holidays are the time of year to take extra time to do things we might not get a chance to do during the busy year. This could be spending extra time with family, with friends, or spending a little extra time in the kitchen making things you wouldn’t the rest of the year. {Continue reading…}

7 Tasty Hot Chocolate Recipes to Warm You Up:
A go-to hot drink to enjoy in the Winter time, especially for non-coffee drinkers, hot chocolate is enjoyed year round but is especially coveted as temperatures drop further down the thermometer.  {Continue reading…}

Beauty:

The Best Beauty Vloggers to Glam Up Your Holidays:
With the holidays here, we might find ourselves short on time for that beauty makeover at the salon or department store. This is why technology has become a convenient haven for the on-the-go girl! {Continue reading…}

The Team:

A Very Hudsucker Christmas:
The meaning of Christmas is something different for everyone. In a piece from 2012, our writers share what Christmas means to them through their own experiences, while sharing their favorite memories with readers and wishes for the holiday season. {Continue reading…}

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Happy holidays! 

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