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17 stories from 'Undefeated: Inside the 1972 Miami Dolphins’ Perfect Season’

Writer Mike Freeman explores the undefeated season of the Florida team in his book.
Thanksgiving Day by the numbers: 10 mind-stuffing facts

Data from the Census and other sources provide some numerical insights into Thanksgiving, arguably the most cherished national holiday.
23 of the best new and upcoming cookbooks/food books for the holidays

A list of the best new and upcoming cookbooks to diversify your own culinary repertoire or offer as holiday gifts.
Thanksgiving: The top 5 tips for fostering gratitude in kids

Culture may be pushing kids to want, want, want, but a growing body of research shows that gratitude for what one already has is a huge component for kids of not just happiness, but of physical health, life satisfaction, and even grade point average. So what’s a parent to do? How does one foster gratitude in children, not just for the holidays but for the whole year? Never fear – we’ve read a bunch of the research and have come up with our top five tips for fostering gratitude in kids.
'Heads in Beds': 6 crazy stories about working at a hotel

In "Heads in Beds," former hotel worker Jacob Tomsky reveals what really happens behind the scenes and offers suggestions as to how to ensure good service the next time you are a guest in a hotel.

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Our tall, grand, and clumsy tree

Like the best gifts, the perfect Christmas tree sometimes comes in smaller sizes.
The 12 days of Christmas plants -- Christmas cactus

How to grow Christmas and Thanksgiving cactus and get them to bloom.
Cyber Monday? Meh.
Opinion: Melvin Maddocks: an appreciation
The year of holiday thrift

More consumers than last year say they'll look for bargains. Thrift shops are in.
Garden 'siteseeing' in Egypt, New Zealand, South Africa, and England

Garden blogs around the world.
What to read on Thanksgiving morning
Is lobster the new turkey for Thanksgiving?

Cornish hens and Tofurkey also vie as holiday dishes.
What was this holiday in November?

A Russian immigrant learns what American Thanksgiving is all about.
To fill a table, they go online

Web connections, made with care, can add to holiday cheer and gatherings of new friends.
The turkey challenge

What happens when there's no way to set the oven's temperature and you have to roast the Thanksgiving bird?
The Bible's message of hope and healing

A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
Garden gratitude, week three
Fewer fliers this Thanksgiving, but flights will still be packed

The airlines, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Bush administration are taking steps for smoother traveling.
A rollercoaster ride in the world of book sales
On the run every Thanksgiving

One family's holiday tradition evolved from sweat and doughnuts.
For kids: Down on the turkey farm

These native American birds find a home in the Alabama countryside.
The yearly mashed potato complaint

Thanksgiving without mashed potatoes? He can't believe it.
Thanksgiving flowers

Creative flower arrangements for Thanksgiving Day.
A Thanksgiving proclamation from President Bush

He calls on citizens to 'serve a cause larger than themselves.'
Opinion: A Thanksgiving proclamation from President Bush

He calls on citizens to 'serve a cause larger than themselves.'
The Monitor's View: A Dickens of a Thanksgiving

After his father was jailed for debt, Dickens wrote: Reflect on your blessings.
An improvised Thanksgiving feast

The snowstorm didn't halt one family's Thanksgiving celebration.
Prospect of Geithner at Treasury buoys markets. Will it last?

An auto bailout, a second stimulus package, and foreclosure help are on hold as Washington awaits the new administration.
Horizon highlights – Planning ahead edition