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When it comes to Christmas and holiday giving for kids, a popular rule to follow is to give them something they want, need, something to wear and read.

Is there anything more welcome than an edible gift? Only cookbooks come close.

Main Exchange moving on up Mount Pleasant consignment store The Main Exchange is moving on up… the road from its current location on East 16th as of Feb. 1, 2016 to a new location up the street.

Style editor Kelsey Klassen makes her top picks for Christmas

In the attic room of a dour Victorian mansion, a man steps from the shadows. He wears a black scarf and half-finger gloves. “Marley was dead,” he says.

Q. I have had this Christmas plant for many years and it used to flower in December. For the past two years it has stopped flowering. I gave it plant food but still no flowers. I had it in the basement all year round facing south.

Do you remember the scene in Disney’s animated movie when Snow White runs screaming through the woods, terrorized by what appear to be evil trees? She awakens in the morning, surrounded by new, furry forest friends.

As the creative director for Vancouver’s most sought after décor boutique and design firm – The Cross – Stephanie Vogler clearly has a penchant for all things stylish.

I'm going to let you in on a secret. Most of the oenophiles I know aren't really into wine gadgets. The overwhelming consensus is that all they really want is a good bottle of wine, decent glasses and a corkscrew. In more or less that order.