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Adopt 8 Pandemic Gift-Giving Rules for 2020 Holiday Joy

Adopt 9 Pandemic Gift-Giving Rules for 2020 Holiday Joy

Published by Julie Murphy

It’s holiday gift-giving season, and this year is going to be unlike any other in modern memory. As challenging as 2020 has been so far, with coronavirus lockdowns, job losses, personal losses and protests against racial violence, really, seriously, who’s in the mood for holiday shopping? We feel you, dear reader. But do not despair. Our ace correspondent Julie Chang Murphy has done some research and she’s sharing 9 gift-giving rules (guidelines, really) about how to think about holiday 2020 shopping – and holiday joy – in the midst of a global pandemic. Adopt some or all of these pandemic gift-giving rules, and you may actually have a shot at generating some 2020 holiday joy.

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The ultimate luxury gift guide of the best gifts from France for Francophiles

The Ultimate Luxury Gift Guide: The Best from France

Published by Jeanette Settembre

Looking for the perfect gift for someone who really loves Paris, and all things French? Perhaps someone who’s hooked on Emily in Paris and looking to keep that buzz going? For the Francophiles on your luxury gift list, we’ve got more than a dozen ideas to help get you started. Our correspondent Jeanette Settembre has curated our ultimate luxury holiday gift guide for Francophiles, with the best gifts and brands from France, for those who love Paris and all things French. If they cannot travel to France this year, you can help bring the joie de vivre home to them.

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The 20 Best Luxury Nail Polish Colors for Halloween

The 20 Best Luxury Nail Polish Colors for Halloween

Published by Jillian Tangen

The year 2020 has been ghoulish – so what better holiday to go all in on than Halloween? And even if you don’t want to go big with an elaborate Halloween costume, you can join in the fun with a simple change of nail polish, and here’s how. Our intrepid correspondent Jillian Tangen has curated a list of 20 of the best luxury nail polish colors for Halloween 2020, including gothic black, vampire red, otherworldly orange and ghoulish green. And dear reader, they’re so pretty it’s scary.

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the most famous, beautiful and evocative paintings of the autumn fall season

The Most Evocative and Beautiful Paintings About Autumn

Published by Abbie Martin Greenbaum

OK, we have to admit it. As much as we enjoy the summer, we absolutely adore the fall. So we decided to take a journey through the world of paintings to find the most influential, beautiful, famous and evocative masterpieces – both historical and contemporary – on the season of autumn and the joys of fall. Across time and culture, city or countryside, abstract or representational, there are universal elements of fall that are expressed in stunning ways in works on paper. Our correspondent Abbie Martin Greenbaum has curated a list of some of the most stunning paintings about autumn we could find; they will evoke the best of the fall season, no matter when you view them.

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