Seasonal lists
Top 10s for the holidays and the turning of the year. 11 posts, best read in order.
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The Holiday Season, Sorted: Every Top 10 in One Place
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year — one page that gathers every seasonal Top 10 on the site, with a live countdown to the next holiday and a picker for where to start.
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Top 10 Christmas Movies to Watch, Ranked
From 1946 to 2003, the ten films that define a Christmas movie night — including the one everybody insists is not a Christmas movie, and a picker that chooses for you based on the mood you are in.
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Top 10 Halloween Movies, Ranked (The Michael Myers Franchise)
Thirteen films, four decades, one masked killer. The Halloween franchise ranked from worst to best — including the one that is not really a Michael Myers film, and where to start if you have never seen any of them.
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Top 10 Human Foods That Are Poisonous to Dogs (and What to Do)
The ten human foods most dangerous to dogs, ranked by how bad they are, with the specific toxin in each — and the one action that matters most if a dog has already eaten one.
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Top 10 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes You Can Build From Your Own Closet
Nothing was ordered, the party is tomorrow, and the shops are shut. Ten costumes you can assemble from clothes you already own, ranked by how fast they are to put together — with a matcher that picks one from what is in your wardrobe.
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Top 10 New Year's Resolutions That Actually Work (and How to Keep Them)
Most resolutions fail by February, and the reason is always the same: they are vague. Here are ten resolutions worth making, each paired with the specific, evidence-based method that makes it stick.
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Top 10 Off-Season Travel Destinations (and Exactly When to Go)
The same places, at half the price and a fraction of the crowd — if you go in the right window. Ten destinations with their true shoulder and off-season months, the weather that comes with each, and a calculator for what the trip would cost in season.
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Top 10 Thanksgiving Side Dishes, Ranked (with an Oven Timeline That Fits Them)
The turkey is the easy part. The challenge is fitting ten sides into one oven at one temperature. Ten dishes ranked, each with a cook time and a temperature, and a scheduler that works out when everything goes in.
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Top 10 Things to Be Thankful For (Backed by the Science of Gratitude)
Gratitude is not a platitude — it is one of the most-studied interventions in psychology. Here are ten things worth your thanks, each one paired with the specific finding that explains why it works.
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Top 10 Ways to Beat Christmas Overspending
Christmas is the one month where a year of budgeting goes out of the window. Ten ways to stop it — starting with the number almost nobody sets: the total you are actually going to spend.
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Top 10 White Elephant Gifts Under $25 (That People Actually Fight Over)
A white-elephant gift has one job: to be stolen, or to be the story of the night. Ten gifts under $25 that do that — and the rules of the game that make them land, whatever your budget.