So Christmas just doesn’t feel like Christmas without a game or two. While pretty much any party game or board game can be a fun addition to your holiday party, choosing a game with a Christmas twist can help boost the festive feel. Of course, when you’re choosing games for Christmas, you need to consider the audience (some of the racier options won’t work as office Christmas party games—or for families where little ones or grandparents are in the mix), the size of the get-together, and of course, the fun factor....

But with so many options, it can be difficult to figure out which service is the right fit for your needs. There’s a variety of factors to consider: Is budget the top priority? Or a solution that will provide multiple dietary options? To help you decide, we’ve rounded up the best meal delivery services by category. Best Meal Delivery Services Best Overall: Sunbasket Best on a Budget: Dinnerly Best Variety: Hungryroot Best Vegan: Mosaic Foods Best Gluten-Free: ModifyHealth Best Meal Kits: Blue Apron Best Prepared Meals: CookUnity Best for Kids: Nurture Life Best for Families: HelloFresh Best for Seniors: Magic Kitchen...

No matter how or where you shop, we believe this is an occasion worth celebrating. Before you snag that deal, check out these quotes about shopping that will get you excited for one of the best days of the year. Here’s hoping you get to be at the front of the line. Related Video

So, what can be done to remedy this besides bombing the place with air freshener? Enter the simmer pot. It’s simply a pot of warming water with herbs, extracts, and other good-smelling additions that work quickly to create a naturally better-smelling home. Think of it as a DIY scented candle but with fresher ingredients, a further reach, and more staying power. Even better, you likely already have many of the key ingredients and can quickly pop them on the stove before guests arrive....

For some, the pandemic offered an opportunity to save for a down payment, and with interest rates low, buying a new-construction home became more attainable than ever. “There was this confluence of a number of economic and consumer drivers that generated one of the strongest housing markets that I’ve ever seen in my 20-plus years,” says Phillippe Lord, CEO of real estate development company Meritage Homes. The current housing boom and the pandemic’s lingering effects have prompted enormous home-building changes, posing new challenges to the construction process....

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Whether you’re remodeling an existing porch or building a new porch, it’s important to consider the safety of your porch railing idea first. Railings are generally required for porches raised more than 30 inches off the ground, but you might still want to install a railing on a lower porch for extra safety or aesthetic reasons. In most cases, the top of the handrail should be at least 36 inches from the porch floor, and the material should be sturdy enough to support people leaning against it....

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Equal parts cozy, energizing, and nutrient-rich, a matcha latte is precisely what you need on a chilly morning or after a not-so-restful night of sleep. Known to be rich in polyphenols, a type of antioxidant, and l-theanine, an amino acid, matcha has disease-fighting, anti-inflammatory, and anti-stress properties. TL;DR: It’s a great alternative to coffee. If you’re already a matcha convert (and don’t need convincing), you’ll still want to keep reading....

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While safety should remain a priority, there are still ways to be festive and follow the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines. Whether you are planning a birthday party, an adult rendezvous, or a little something for yourself, you should keep the party small—10 or fewer people would be safest. Definitely host the event outdoors, weather-permitting, because the fresh air should help mitigate the spread of germs (as will wearing masks)....

Farrow & Ball is known for its carefully curated palette of 132 rich paint colors. With the announcement that it’s adding 11 new colors to that list (and archiving 11 older colors to make room for them), you can expect that these shades are perfectly developed to expand the base palette—and safely assume that these colors have been worth the wait. “Our relationship with our home has changed so much over the last few years, it felt like the perfect time to introduce these new colours,” said Joa Studholme, color curator for Farrow & Ball, in a press release announcing the launch....