Reader's Digest » Holidays & Celebrations

Totally Original, DIY Heart-Shaped Food

Serve a little love this Valentine's Day with bacon, potatoes, cake, and other food in the shape of you-know-whats.

Eat, Drink and Be Scottish: It’s Time to Celebrate Robert Burns’s Birthday

For someone who spent countless hours studying Robert Burns, the renowned Scottish poet and a father of Romanticism, in her modern poetry class in college, it’s amazing that…

Last-Second Santa: 3 Great Gift Subscriptions

I suffer from CLMSS. Chronic Last Minute Shopping Syndrome. Have you heard of it? Perhaps you’re familiar. I’ve pored over my co-workers posts about gift giving and emerged…

The Best Worst Christmas Gifts We Ever Got

...And you thought the loot under your tree was bad?

Gift (Wrap) Green This Holiday

There’s nothing quite like tearing into a beautifully wrapped present, but let’s admit the downside: gift wrapping generates over 4 million tons of waste annually. This holiday…

Dr. Phil Shares “The Holiday I’ll Never Forget.”

Before I begin, let me make it clear that I have seen enough evidence (thanks to my children and grandchildren) to believe that Santa lives at the North…

White House Holiday: Let Bo Be Your Guide

The White House may be beautifully decked for the holidays, but it’s left to the First Dog to decide whether the decor is up to sniff. The White…

Yum! 10 Different Cookie Creations from the Same Dough

‘Tis the season for Christmas cookies. There’s the three dozen to bake for your neighbor’s cookie swap party, the batch to bring to the church pot luck, and…

9 Holiday Desserts that Are Diet-Friendly

These recipes use the fat releasers from our book, The Digest Diet, that research shows will really help you lose the weight. Even with dessert!

Delicious Christmas Food Gifts that Anyone Can Bake

Wrap up these homemade baked goods and give them as festive food gifts to family and friends.