It’s the eternal debate: to gift card or not to gift card? Pragmatists argue that gift cards are fabulously foolproof and guaranteed to be useful, while sentimentalists find them hopelessly impersonal ...

Picture this: Christmas morning arrives, and your excited child tears open a beautifully wrapped box, only to find… a piece of paper? That concert ticket or zoo membership might be worth hundreds of ...

Are you in a cold sweat attempting to wrap a mountain of gifts before Christmas? For the quickest and easiest ways to wrap a gift, turn to the Japanese art of origami and furoshiki — and use fewer ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...