Because you know you'll be stuck when 12 o'clock has struck — in a cab,
a bathroom with strangers, or worst, some desperate line outside a club
— it's imperative to bring your own bubbly. For those who can't/won't
splash out on the real thing, may I recommend a brut cava? ...more
If all you want to do this New Year's Eve night is dress like it's 1999, you're not wrong for thinking it. There used to be a 20-year rule for recycling influences. Then it was 15, and soon enough, I'm sure, it'll be 10. Get ahead with the help of this December 1999 article from CNN Arts & Style: "We like it dressed down with big boots, chunky platforms and fuzzy sweaters."
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I always say that giving is rewarding, but this time I actually mean it. Buy last-minute wears at wicked boutique Carte Blanche
(758 Queen W.) today or tomorrow, and get 30 per cent off in the form
of a gift certificate. Translation if you're less-than-a-mathlete:
that's a $30 credit for every $100 you spend.
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There's a rule: for every 24 hours you spend with your family, at least four will be spent watching movies. How else to survive, right? But those mercifully speechless hours in suburban Cineplexes, they aren't the cheapest solaces. Unless you go on Telus Tuesdays, when you can take advantage of half-price deals on a ticket, a regular popcorn and a regular drink. The price depends on where you are, but it's always a little less than that of a ticket alone on other day.
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Maybe, I thought, it's 'cause I haven't felt a snowflake yet. Or sipped egg nog. Or wrapped a single gift (although that's OK, because I haven't bought any). But no — the reason it doesn't feel at all like Christmas is I haven't watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation yet! You can buy it (along with three more National Lampoon movies that can't possibly be as great) for just $10 at HMV this week.
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All these people (or maybe just three) have been asking me where to go
for free holiday e-cards that don't suck, and at first I just kind of
shook my head — like, what, you think Santa exists too? But then I remembered: what you need is someecards.com, for "when you care enough to hit 'send.'" Snap. ...more