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‘Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade’ Movie in the Works–What’s Next, ‘St. Patrick’s Day’?
Blame Love Actually for making an epic, starstudded romantic comedy all about Christmas. Or blame American film studios, who have to copy everything that the UK does in the hopes of making a dime. The latter, with Garry Marshall as director, were responsible for 2010′s lukewarm Valentine’s Day, as well as its groan-inducing “sequel” New Year’s Eve, currently filming in New York City. Now movie producers are circling the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as the subject of the next holiday-centric movie. More »
5 Ways To Survive Holiday Limbo
What do you call this nebulous period between Thanksgiving and Christmas break? The December Slump? Vacation on ice? Finals? Whatever name you choose to give it, this in-between time between breaks always sends us into a funk. Post-turkey but pre-presents: these two weeks or so of early darkness, cramming for work/school, and general blah-ness can be a real killer if you don’t know how to deal. Here are our 5 simple steps for making your holiday limbo a little more cheery. More »
Am I Right Ladies? Happy Hunksgiving.
Every week, Gail K. skewers advertising aimed at women with her quick wit, acidic tongue, and love for butter-products. This week: sexy, women-centric infomercials.
There’s always room for dessert, am I right ladies? So slow down on the third glass of Merlot and make way for 5 helpings of thankfulness this
pie-gorging holiday. Join me in giving thanks for: More »
Gallery: Terrifying Thanksgiving Floats
There’s nothing more exciting to children then Thanksgiving Day parades. Well, Christmas is probably better. And Halloween. And their birthdays. But other than those things, it’s 100 percent Thanksgiving floats!… More »
Best Thanksgiving Episodes On TV
Ever since I was little, I’ve been confused by television holidays. I used to think Hollywood wasn’t on a five-hour time difference, but one that was five days off from my own. Why else would Halloween episodes pop up in mid-October, Thanksgiving and Christmas come one week apart, and reruns shown during actual holidays?
Of course, now I know better: even famous people have families, and are given breaks during the season. And even when Thanksgiving episodes of my favorite shows were shown November 19th, that didn’t decrease my love for Zach Morris or the holiday. Here are some of my favorite Thanksgiving-themed episodes to be savored post-feasting. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! More »
Thanksgiving Roundup: What To Read While Hiding From Your Family
Welcome to Thanksgiving. Are you currently trying to hide from your family, claiming you’ve got “homework” or an urgent email to send? Well, we’ve got just the thing for you. A collection of Thanksgiving themed posts to distract you until dessert is ready. Enjoy!
First things first: Sam Sifton will be answering cooking questions all day long at The New York Times. His Thanksgiving 911 is always awesome. So tune in whenever you’re bored.
Your Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Vodka, Vodka, Vodka.
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Parting Tweet: Jessica Stam’s Dental Disaster
Happy Thanksgiving Eve, everyone! We sincerely hope your turkey day goes a lot better than Jessica Stam‘s. Not only will she have to skip the good stuff like stuffing and apple pie, but poor girl will have no excuse to pass on Grandma’s mushy marshmallowed sweet potatoes. Jessica: take some Tupperwear with you? More »
Illustrious Illustrations: The Web’s Most Awesome Hand Turkeys
If there’s one Thanksgiving tradition we look forward to every year it’s the presidential pardon of the hand turkey. Wherein our commander-in-chief looks over an array of festive drawings and selects one to take down from the Oval Office mini fridge, thereby saving its creator a season of embarrassment. Because hand turkeys are goofy, right? If you’re a grown-up human being and not a toddler, that is. So we decided to look outside the fist and found some creative interpretations of the illustrious hand turkey genre.
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Heading Home And Staying Sane: How To Keep Your Cool During Thanksgiving
For college students around the country, heading home for Thanksgiving means the best of times and the worst of times. Sure, you’ll snatch a few days off from classes, at least one warm home cooked meal. At the same time, it goes by way too quickly, you’re probably going to have to avoid your high school boyfriend and your parents are sure to question you all about classes. More »
Crushable’s Guide To Black Friday: Stay Home
Thanksgiving is coming this Thursday. And you know what that makes the day after that: Black Friday. Black Friday is the annual party that takes place when countless retailers open their doors to crazed shoppers who will run around picking up whatever low priced products they can stick in their carts, put under their shirts or nab from passersby. Except it’s less like a party and more like a nightmare.
All around the web I’ve been picking up tips on how to “deal with” Black Friday.
But the most important, best piece of advice is usually left out. And it’s quite simple: Stay the fuck home. More »
Chicken Soup For The Thanksgiving Soul- Or “How to feel really terrible about hating your parents after you read about how close-knit other families are.” (Double X)
Video Gallery: The Best Of Thanksgiving Disaster Movies
Are you guys excited for Thursday? It’s National Everyone Have a Panic Attack Day! (More commonly known as Thanksgiving.) To get yourself prepared for an evening of dry turkey and probing inquiries as to when, exactly, you’re going to settle down and pop out some grandkids, here are some movies featuring Thanksgiving catastrophes that are sure to be worse than anything you’ll experience this week. More »
Crushable’s Cat Lady: Men Are Like Turkeys. So Get More Of ‘Em.
Dear Cat Lady,
My boyfriend ignores my text messages! I send him 30 or 40 every day, and I’m lucky if he sends me 10. He says it’s pointless and annoying to text me so much, but I loooooove the thrill I get when there’s a message from him! He just doesn’t understand!
xoxo, Texty Lover
Dear Texty Lover,
You boyfriend gives you one text for every three texts you send? Well, guess what – that’s why I have three cats. More »
‘Top Chef’ Judge Dannielle Kyrillos’ Healthy Thanksgiving Tips
Crushable friend Dannielle Kyrillos has been gracing our television sets as a judge on Bravo’s Top Chef: Desserts this season. And she took some time to give us a few pointers on how to avoid turning into a pumpkin during the holidays. Enjoy!
It’s the time of year you can’t leave the house without being offered a sweet snack. Which is a lucky and wonderful thing, until about the 11th or 12th of the evening, when you bite into something sugary and creamy (a whoopie pie? They’re the new cupcake, you know!) and realize there are a good 40 days left of this.
As a judge on Bravo’s Top Chef: Just Desserts, I learned the hard way that too much of a good thing, i.e., a permanent sugar high, makes you feel more like a Wall Street 2 banker on the verge of an overdose than the delightful dessert lover you are. Here are some tips on making it through the sugariest time of year. More »
Crush This: Replace Awkward Family Dinner Silences With Disney Movies
Crush This is your weekly guide to what’s coming in music, movies and TV in the week to come. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows finally hit theaters today, and we’ve already made you a list of reasons to go see it. But if you can’t think of anything to do between now and Thanksgiving, don’t fret. Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday to stress about. It’s time to relax, watch TV, go to movies, and potentially drink…I mean eat too much. More »
Your Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Vodka, Vodka, Vodka
Thanksgiving is fast approaching. And unless you have been gifted with an abnormally sane family (or have decided to abstain from the family visit part of the holiday), chances are you are anticipating the occasion with at least a slight amount of dread. Well, do not fear. Crushable is here to help you navigate the terrain of awkward familial interactions.
Here’s the first and most important tip. Repeat it as though it is your mantra: Vodka is your friend. More »
Make Your Own: Scrappy Thanksgiving
It kind of sucks that Thanksgiving break is so short in college. For kids that go to school on opposite sides of the country from their home, it’s often a struggle to decide whether its worth the price of a round-trip plane ticket when Christmas is just around the corner and lasts so much longer.
This goes for post-graduate life as well. Usually you can find a friend to tag along with for their family’s feast (don’t forget the pot!), but one thing’s for certain: you don’t want to be alone on turkey day. It’s somehow even sadder than being alone on Christmas (just claim you’re Jewish), though not as sad as being alone on New Years Eve. If you find yourself Thanksgiving plan-free, we have some tips to make your own version! Call up the rest of your orphan friends and have a feast, following these simple steps. More »
Thanksgiving: The Pot-Smoker’s Holiday
Thanksgiving is coming up in two weeks, which means for most of us it’s time to pack all our dirty laundry for mom to do, stock up on Valium, and head home to see the family. As you grow older though, something strange happens: Thanksgiving is no longer about listening to your parents fight with your grandma, or the last minute rush after the oven stops working and you need to put the turkey in the neighbor’s stove. No, Thanksgiving has been deemed the official holiday made possible by marijuana. More »
Crush This: Weeds Says Bye, Norah Jones & Rihanna Say Hello
Crush This is your weekly guide to what’s new in music, movies and TV. As Thanksgiving and the holidays creep closer and closer, we see a lot of season finales. This past Sunday was the season finale of East Bound & Down, but there were no tears in that one (Danny McBride doesn’t really do tearjerkers). This is going to be a diverse week, and we’ve got you covered on what not to miss in the magic, sex and pop music departments. More »
Are All Native American-Inspired Accessories ‘Offensive’?
Back in April, Jezebel posted an article titled “Feathers And Fashion: Native American Is In Style” which pondered the iffy style trends appropriated from a hodgepodge of different tribal cultures. The conclusion?
“All of these cases romanticize Indianness, blur separate traditions (as well as the real and the fake), and some disregard Indian spirituality. So, no, it’s not cute to wear a feather in your hair or carry an Indian rug clutch, it’s thoughtless and insensitive.”
But as Thanksgiving grows nearer, we decided to reopen the issue: More »
