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I remember staying at the Four Seasons in Maui with my ex-fiancé on vacation. We were lounging by the pool and next to us were newlyweds from New York. The New York new husband kept saying, “I can’t wait to get back into the game,”

My husband and I are hosting Christmas this year - 13 people (including 4 kids) in our tiny Toronto row house. By the 26th, I’m pretty sure we’ll be flat out exhausted.

I can't imagine I'll ever outgrow the current of excitement that runs down my spine when I wake up on Christmas morning.

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It might be cold and blustery but we’ve got some fashionable solutions to get you out of your seasonal hibernation. Try one or try them all for your chicest winter yet.

If you're pressed for time, try our Vegetarian Christmas menu. Not only is our Spinach & Feta Phyllo Tart easy to prepare, but your family and friends will think you slaved over this for hours! Here's our trick to turning frozen store-bought phyllo dough into an elegant pie shell.

Make the most of your body shape with stylist Peter Papapetrou's 10 easy style tricks

A study released a few weeks ago challenges the stereotype of the shopping bag princess. Called Financial Lives of Girls and Women, it shows that in fact women - not men - hold the purse strings: 89% say that the final decision about how to spend household money rests with them.

Other than the fact that I got sick last night, just as we arrived in Disney, our first day in the Magic Kingdom was truly magical!!!!

In this week’s Flashback to Happiness, one mom shares her elation about leaving a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with her son in her arms.

A new study shows Echinacea won’t stop a cold; girl chimpanzees like playing with dolls; a mouse that can sing like a bird; the theatre community versus Spider-Man; and a diabetes blood glucose test strip manufacturer issues a massive recall.

The famous chef shares his new cookbook, World Kitchen, secrets for stree-free dinner parties and what keeps him in top form.