New year vintage

I am all for elaborate, well-planned bashes, but sometimes ain't nobody got the time for that. With the holiday season in full swing, between getting ready for Santa, work being busy at the end of the calendar year, and other commitments, there is just no room in our days to Martha Stewart-ize this party we want to throw. So I threw together a party game plan with minimal effort, and am sharing with you the fruits of my (limited) labor.

When New Year’s Eve rolls around, it’s just as important to be with someone dear when the clock strikes midnight as it is to be in the prope...

Holiday Affair (1949) isn’t as famous as White Christmas (1954) or It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), but its status as a Christmas film has grown quite a bit since it was released. Like It&…

Only a couple more days left to form a conga line in 2010! 11:47 on the kitchen clock. © Original 35mm Kodachrome slide transparency

From the Great Depression to the end of World War II and beyond, New Yorkers proved they knew how to greet the coming year with both cheer and a healthy sense of optimism – not to mention the champagne.

Bad Santa, Naughty

From Audrey Hepburn to Lauren Bacall.

1920s party scene painting

Images of midnight that inspire a bright, bold New Year's Eve.