For a Happier New Year, Focus on Your Loved Ones
Experts share how shifting from self-focused goals to thinking about others can have a positive impact on the year ahead.
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CreditPaola Saliby Quiz: Do You Speak 2024?
A varied assortment of words entered (or re-entered) the lexicon this year. How well do you know them?
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CreditRuru Kuo The Eye Has to Report
The best, most delightful and most shocking images from the Styles desk this year.
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CreditLandon Nordeman for The New York Times Some Expectant Parents Don’t Want Gifts. But Can You Do the Laundry?
As pressure builds to make baby showers extra flashy, some are opting instead for low-key nesting parties, which center on household tasks.
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Yes, Kwanzaa Is Made Up. That’s Why It’s Great
There’s something uniquely American in both its wanton borrowing from existing tradition and its naked admission of artificiality.
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CreditIllustration by Joonbug Sharing a Bedroom With My Partner and Her Siblings for the Holidays: Odd or Not?
A reader is less than comfortable sleeping feet away from her partner’s adult siblings (and their partners), but is it worth it to keep the peace?
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CreditMiguel Porlan Social Q’sWill There Ever Be True Size Diversity in Fashion?
A reader, discouraged by the perpetuation of outdated beauty standards in the fashion industry, wonders if we will ever see genuine inclusivity in fashion models.
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CreditKay-Paris Fernandes/Getty Images ASK VanessaQuartz Watches Are Having a Movement
Long scorned despite being cheaper and more accurate than their mechanical counterparts, quartz watches are finally getting some love.
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CreditHz The Typography Maestro Getting Calls From Greta Gerwig and Robert Eggers
Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to guy.
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More in Love ›Sharing the Spotlight on Their Wedding Day
Stephanie Morrison and Scott Platt weren’t the center of attention at their wedding. Instead, they shared the day with Ms. Morrison’s beloved aunt, who suffers from a rare condition.
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Experts share how shifting from self-focused goals to thinking about others can have a positive impact on the year ahead.
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CreditPaola Saliby Anastasia Savka and Oleksiy Levchenko met at a rehabilitation facility earlier this year after surviving critical injuries as Ukrainian soldiers.
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CreditArtem Popkov The Wedding Vendors Helping L.G.B.T.Q. Couples Marry Before Trump’s Next Term
Some couples have been speeding up plans to marry since the election, and wedding vendors have reached out with free or discounted services.
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CreditKristina Barker for The New York Times After the Wedding Day, These Artifacts Remain
We recently asked readers to tell us about the one saved item from their wedding day, or the time leading up to it, that they still cherished today. Here are 10 sentimental stories.
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More in Modern Love ›Running From Shame (for 26.2 Miles)
After having an affair with a married man, I ran a marathon to absolve my sins. It didn’t work.
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CreditBrian Rea Tiny Love Stories: ‘My Mother Upstaged Jesus’
To celebrate the season, we gathered five of our favorite holiday-themed Tiny Love Stories.
CreditBrian Rea A neuroscientist studying memory, I used to believe time was linear. Then my mother had a stroke.
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CreditBrian Rea Tiny Love Stories: ‘What Could Those Two Be Talking About?’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
CreditBrian Rea Your Worst Dates Ever: With Joel Kim Booster
The actor and host of the podcast “Bad Dates” brings a fresh perspective to your worst dates.
By Anna MartinReva GoldbergEmily LangDavis LandChristina DjossaAmy PearlJen PoyantLynn LevyDaniel RamirezEfim ShapiroDan Powell and
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12 Predictions for Life in 2025
What will we wear, eat, buy, believe, desire?
By The Styles Desk
The Loneliness and Joy of a Late-December Birthday
It’s hard to have your special day in a month of special days. December babies have one request: Make an effort.
By Aidan Gardiner
Dayle Haddon, Model Who Bucked Age Discrimination, Dies at 76
Ms. Haddon, who carved a path all her own in the modeling world, was found dead on Friday morning from what authorities believed was a carbon monoxide leak.
By Hank Sanders
Styles ChatBob Dylan as the Original Hipster
The costumes of “A Complete Unknown” are a joy.
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The President-Elect Comments Often on the Men Around Him
“These guys are specimens.”
By Jesse McKinley
In a Political Year, Some Deaths Spoke to the Struggles for Democracy
Among the notable figures who died in a sometimes polarizing 2024, many championed justice, equal rights and political freedom.
By William McDonald
Mini-VowsIt All Started With a Brief Touch on the Shoulder
Justin Baiardi and Kiera Rommel began chatting while he was working as a nightclub bouncer. “It was so magnetic,” she said of their interaction.
By Jenny Block
Mini-VowsAn Unexpected Proposal, Then a First Date Days Later
When Cori Harris and Edgar Hayes met at a local supermarket checkout line, she thought he looked like a wizard from “The Lord of the Rings.” A mutual crush emerged.
By Tammy LaGorce
Mini-VowsA Summer Beach Encounter Leads to a Seaside Proposal
Kim Mannino and Glenn Alterman met in the Hamptons in July 2020, and by Labor Day knew their connection was more than a passing flirtation.
By Shivani Vora
Critic’s NotebookCharli XCX’s Year of the ‘Brat’
In six months, the (once) underground pop singer and songwriter played her version of the fame game, sampling the highs and lows of genuine stardom.
By Lindsay Zoladz
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