What’s your Thanksgiving marketing look like this year?

When it comes to your business, how you making the most of Thanksgiving? Are you doing the old-school, tried-and-true pie giveaway? Tell us how you’re weaving the holiday into your marketing. Continue reading

Holiday Season Scams: How Not to Get Taken

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — unless you get scammed. “In this season of generosity, people let down their guards and tend not to be as skeptical as they would be the rest of the year,” says Christopher Elliott,  founder of the consumer-ad… Continue reading

What are you gifting clients this holiday season?

With less than two weeks until Christmas, we want to hear what you’re planning to give your clients over the holidays. Enter your own gifting plans in this short survey. Continue reading

‘Tis the Season to Show Kindness to Lonely Adults

Four years ago, Galina Zuckerman and her family were looking for a volunteer activity they could do together over the holidays when visiting their daughter at college. They ended up volunteering with HANDS, an organization that provides meals and gift … Continue reading

Giving Thanks: Our Favorite Stories and Tips

Whether you are home preparing the meal, or traveling to be with family and friends this Thanksgiving,  we’ve gathered a collection of Next Avenue’s favorite tips, solutions and recipes.  We’re also sharing inspiration about the importance of gratitude… Continue reading

45 of Our Favorite New Year’s Toasts

Whether you want to make your guests laugh or keep them on their toes, inspire them or simply wish them well, you can be the toast host with the most. We’ve gathered 45 of our favorite New Year’s toasts here. Feel free to use — and make your own — as y… Continue reading

Why Family Estrangement Is Roughest at the Holidays

(This story was originally published on Next Avenue in 2017.) When you’re about to ask a friend or a colleague whether they’re going home for the holidays this week, think twice. The holidays — so often tied to family and tangled in questions of going … Continue reading