holidays

Happy Holidays (Photo by Michelle Crane, Peyton, Colorado.)
Home and Family

Plan now…for Christmas!? K-State extension agent says ‘yes’

Christmas is nearly four months away...enough time to make a plan for how to spend money and ways in which family will get together. Read More

While seasonal energy can be powerful, the need it responds to doesn’t fade when the decorations come down. (United Way)
Holidays, Home and Family

The holiday spirit matters but so does what happens after

Santa Claus with credit card and laptop on couch at home. (Adobe Stock │ #123565211 - Africa Studio)
Crime, finance, Home and Family

Protect your identity this holiday season

Gingerbread cookie and hot chocolate for Christmas Celebration. (Adobe Stock │ #673646219 - Lily)

The holidays make scents

Santa's mailbox. (Adobe Stock │ #291459860 - alswart)

Recommended 2025 holiday mailing and shipping dates

European goldfinch and house sparrow sitting on a silo bird feeder filled with mixed seeds (Adobe Stock │ #371003255 - Roel)

10 gifts for the gardener without spending a lot of green

Juanita Sanchez - "Problem"

Grief and the holidays can tricky 

A large plastic trashbin overflowing with garbage and discarded Christmas paper, lights, bows, etc. (iStock │ #462582085 - Allkindza)

Reduce, reuse, recycle this holiday season

Mother and daughter hanging ornaments (Photo courtesy of Shutterstock)

5 ways to make the holidays simply wonderful

Man and woman hugging in therapy session. (Adobe Stock │ #520783324 - Cultura Creative)

Tips to help manage “ambiguous grief” during the holidays

File photo by Abbie Nell Lankitus / University of Missouri.

Beating the winter blues