Several years ago, my Brother gave me a lump of coal for Christmas. It was shellacked and had an image of Santa painted on it. We all had a good laugh when I opened it, and it’s still sitting on the bedside table in my room.
Coal is an amusing gift for anyone who didn’t quite make the Nice List this year. If you don’t have time to order this faux-coal, you can always wrap a charcoal briquet in ribbon and call it a day.
The holidays are upon us and the parties have begun. For many of us, this may be our first time at an office Christmas party or a sizable New Year’s Eve gathering since the pandemic. So here are three outfits that utilize pieces you may already own to create easy, festive holiday looks.
Several of you have sent e-mails and DMs asking for more business casual and casual work attire for women in senior roles and management. Offices are leaving professional attire behind in favor of denim and what one reader described as “dressy workout clothes.” So how do you dress like the boss when you need to […]
Are you tired of Gift Guides, yet? Yesterday, I got one from my accountant. My accountant. And I like Rick, but I am not so hard up for suggestions that anyone will find a one-year subscription to Quicken under the tree. But because how much we love and like people is not determined by how […]
The holidays are upon us and the parties have begun. For many of us, this may be our first time at an office Christmas party or a sizable New Year’s Eve gathering since the pandemic. So here are three outfits that utilize pieces you may already own to create easy, festive holiday looks.
Several of you have sent e-mails and DMs asking for more business casual and casual work attire for women in senior roles and management. Offices are leaving professional attire behind in favor of denim and what one reader described as “dressy workout clothes.” So how do you dress like the boss when you need to […]
Are you tired of Gift Guides, yet? Yesterday, I got one from my accountant. My accountant. And I like Rick, but I am not so hard up for suggestions that anyone will find a one-year subscription to Quicken under the tree. But because how much we love and like people is not determined by how […]
This weekend, I got two hours to myself for the first time in months. Really to myself. My child was asleep. My dogs were asleep. Kyle was off playing cards with his friends. My house was clean, and there was nothing else to do but sit in my bed and scroll Instagram. It was glorious. […]
Another fun way to give coal is to get chocolate chunks wrapped to look like coal. It gets the naughty message across, but is a bit sweeter than the real thing (if you’ll pardon the pun). They’re available on Amazon, but I’ve also seen them at Target and other stores. https://www.amazon.com/Candy-Crate-Santas-Chocolate-Coal/dp/B000ZH8Y6U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387658156&sr=8-1&keywords=chocolate+lump+of+coal
Ha! I remember when I was a kid, one of my cousins had been really bad and all he got for Christmas was coal. Actual coal. Nothing else. Let me tell you that we were all super nice the following year.
My mom used to always put a tiny piece of charcoal briquet in the toe of my filled-to-the-brim christmas stocking to remind me that we can all be a litttttle nicer throughout the year