Epic Holigay Grab Bag: 100+ DIY Projects, Recipes, and Inspiration for the Season
Recipes & Food
From the Archives: Get Baked, Toasted, And Joyful
+ Irish Coffee For When It’s Cold Outside
+ Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire
+ Get Toasted with Autostraddle: The Holigay Drinkstravaganza
+ Get Toasted with Autostraddle: A Very Special Holiday Drinking Edition
Gingerbread Structures
I’m thinking that artistic interpretations can include “dessert rendition of the place you wanna crawl into when your family all sits down to dinner.”
He Sees You When You’re Cooking and Other Christmas Tales
+ Santa’s Belly Marshmallow Pops
Everyone loves a good belt buckle, y’know?
I was gonna save the best for last, but I love you too much to hold this pizza out on you.
Blue and White Frosting Forever
+ Chocolate Peppermint Rice Krispie Balls
Petition to dedicate these to Drake and call them “Drizzy Dreidel” cookies instead. Nothing would ever be the same.
+ Blue and White Velvet Cupcakes
Non-Denominational Festive Celebration Food
+ Edible Wrapper White Chocolate Snow Person Cupcakes
+ Sunny Day Snow Person Cookies
These are my absolute favorite, mostly because of the silliness factor, and also because of that snowman’s total O Face.
(Or add two donuts and make a snow person on a stick. You do you.)
+ Nutter Butter Snow People Cookies
+ Cinnamon Applesauce Heart Ornaments
+ Remember Vanessa’s HoliGAY cake? I miss Vanessa.
You’re a Mean One
THE REST: Inspiration, Lists, and Links
This just seemed important.
+ Creative Christmas tree ideas for small, cozy homes.
+ Wanna paint your nails? Or maybe just one, because femme flagging. Either way, there’s some real festive ideas out there.
+ I found, like, a lot of Hanukkah printables for you.
+ Also see: printable Hanukkah wine labels, paper dreidels.
+ Or, like, print out these printables and build a DIY photo booth, if that’s more your lane. (And these printable props!)
+ And look at this fucking printable village.
+ 25 ways to tie a bow, ’cause I’m bad at it. Also, a while ago, Laura taught us how to wrap gifts and make good plays on rap song titles.
+ Looking for a gift that’s less “did it myself” and more “arranged it thematically myself?” Try these gift basket ideas.
+ Fold your napkins into trees, because you can. (Or like an Elf Hat.)
+ I’m really confounded by the idea of an elf on a shelf but if you have one at your disposal, I recommend doing these 50 tricks with it. Or just build it a kissing booth.
+ Holiday Office Party Hacks. Because it matters.
+ Probably you could read our entire holigay archive for some inspiration, unless you’re not exactly like me.