Open Salon

  • Home
  • Blogs
  • Topics
  • Help
  • Sign in
 
  • Editor's Pick
  • Top Rated
  • Most Viewed
  • Most Commented
  • Most Recent
  • animals
  • belief/religion
  • books
  • business
  • comedy
  • design
  • economy
  • environment
  • family
  • fashion
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • food/drink
  • for sale
  • gay/lesbian
  • gossip
  • health
  • movies
  • music
  • news
  • open call
  • photography
  • poetry
  • politics
  • science
  • sports
  • technology
  • television
  • travel
  • video
Posted by
    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 576 Views
    • 15 Comments
    User picture.

    Sourhearts

    FEBRUARY 12, 2012 3:18PM

    By A Zillion Dollars


    Topics: candy, tradition, valentine, holidays, romance, love

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2202 Views
    • 12 Comments
    User picture.

    Drink Your Gin-and-Tonukkah

    DECEMBER 21, 2011 10:19AM

    By Wilson Diehl


    Topics: holidays, chanukah

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 1548 Views
    • 22 Comments
    User picture.

    A Cardinal on a Pinecone

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 5:25PM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: holidays, aging parents, family, nature, cardinals, birds, christmas

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1398 Views
    • 30 Comments
    User picture.

    My Santa Believin' Year

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 6:14PM

    By Mimetalker


    Topics: revision of a post from last year that no longer is up, the only year i remember believing, holidays, family, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1282 Views
    • 5 Comments
    User picture.

    How long should I wait for the best holiday deals?

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 5:20AM

    By Mr. Culture


    Topics: comedy, economy, holidays

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1525 Views
    • 27 Comments
    User picture.

    Pajamas to Cry For, "the truth about Santa"

    DECEMBER 13, 2011 10:39PM

    By Rodney Roe


    Topics: the+truth+about+santa, belief/religion, open+call, holidays, meaning, materialism, family, the truth about santa, belief

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1132 Views
    • 9 Comments
    User picture.

    Grandfather frost, 3 sheets to the wind

    DECEMBER 13, 2011 8:44PM

    By takingadvice


    Topics: new year's eve, new year, memory, childhood, russia, celebration, drinking, holidays, christmas, open salon, the truth about santa

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 1009 Views
    • 18 Comments
    User picture.

    Snows of Penderies

    DECEMBER 4, 2011 8:10PM

    By Marty'sHusband


    Topics: sledding, recovery, stroke, christmas, snow, holidays

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 3309 Views
    • 107 Comments
    User picture.

    How I Learned To Enjoy The Holidays

    NOVEMBER 30, 2011 10:03AM

    By Christine Geery


    Topics: reaching out, winter solstice, bah humbug, holidays, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1536 Views
    • 37 Comments
    User picture.

    Traditions in Transition

    NOVEMBER 28, 2011 10:01AM

    By Susie Lindau


    Topics: family, short stories, congestive heart failure, barbara streisand, harry connick jr., tradition, culture, susie lindau, lifestyle, blogging blogs, blog, humor, life, holidays

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1996 Views
    • 9 Comments
    User picture.

    In the Red on Black Friday

    NOVEMBER 23, 2011 11:40AM

    By Julie White


    Topics: overspending, holidays, black friday, christmas shopping, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1601 Views
    • 32 Comments
    User picture.

    The Christmas Gift

    NOVEMBER 22, 2011 9:31PM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: gifts, charity, open call, christmas, holidays, heartwarming holiday stories

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1636 Views
    • 42 Comments
    User picture.

    Stone Soup for Thanksgiving: A Zen Recipe

    NOVEMBER 21, 2011 11:51AM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: open call, family, food, thanksgiving, holidays, turkey, turkey brains, emotions, communication, buddhism, heartwarming holiday stories, food/drink

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 5042 Views
    • 43 Comments
    User picture.

    Holidays and the Single Girl

    NOVEMBER 16, 2011 9:43AM

    By Mary Stanik


    Topics: thanksgiving, christmas, holidays, single, turkey, potatoes, sartre, jackie kennedy, whisky, marlo thomas, mary tyler moore, that girl

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1130 Views
    • 7 Comments
    User picture.

    Bad Vacation? Treasure the Memory.

    NOVEMBER 4, 2011 1:32PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: humor, lifestyle, holidays, getaways, train travel, appalachian mountain club, amc huts, white mountains, england, florida, spain, family vacations, vacations, family, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 36618 Views
    • 51 Comments
    User picture.

    Scary News: Halloween has vanished from Paris

    OCTOBER 31, 2011 9:18AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: halloween, france, paris, this is the time of year i feel most homesick, expat life, holidays, customs, culture, squash

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 6017 Views
    • 14 Comments
    User picture.

    I'm A Freaky Chocolate Eater

    JUNE 28, 2011 9:57AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: christmas, three musketeers, single, singles, divorce, divorced, nora ephron, when harry met sally, katz's deli, eating disorder, food disorder, freaky eaters, weight watchers, migraines, breast pain, nestle's, sex, godiva, champagne truffle, when harry met sally, katz's deli, orgasm, hot guy, election night, pepperidge farm cake, smoker, cigarette, grandmother, yodels, mr. rogers, rocky road, breast cancer, milky way, forties, divorced, bonbon, vena cava, washington post, mounds, heart, marshmallow santa, russell stover, lover, women, ice cream, chocolate, freaky eaters, twitter, facebook, bonnie bernstein, open call, mortifying disclosures, my tiny hypocrisy, heartwarming holiday stories, holidays, gossip, health, wind, bad weather, storm, thunder, eating disorder, food/drink

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 2370 Views
    • 36 Comments
    User picture.

    Never Trust Anyone Over Thirty

    DECEMBER 28, 2010 8:57AM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: family life, life, open call, humor, passing, death, life, holidays

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 1363 Views
    • 55 Comments
    User picture.

    Filling in the Holiday Blanks, and a Personal Note of Thanks

    DECEMBER 27, 2010 8:10AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: open call, thanks, christmas, holidays, sparking open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 2141 Views
    • 52 Comments
    User picture.

    Eating Our Feelings: A French Christmas

    DECEMBER 15, 2010 6:50PM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: warning: no rudolph, differences, holidays, celebrations, food, customs, christmas, culture, france

    • 1 2 3 Next → Last ⇒
  • Open Salon
  • About
  • Contact
  • Help
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Advertising

Salon.com

© 2013 Salon Media Group, Inc.