Finding the right gift for everyone on your holiday list can be a challenge. But one reliable option remains: There’s a book for just about every type of person. Whether it’s for your third cousin, ...

Swedish-speaking Finnish author and artist Tove Jansson and her partner, graphic artist Tuulikki "Tooti" Pietila“ spent 26 summers on the island of Klovharun in the Gulf of Finland. They would call ...

Stephen Nissenbaum, in his terrific 1997 history of the holiday season, “The Battle for Christmas,” goes briefly in search of the very first advertisement for Christmas presents — the Yuletide Patient ...