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This year we all could use some holiday cheer more than ever. Christmas tunes in August? We’ve been spinning them since March. Hallmark Christmas movies? Oh, we only spent half of last month watching them. A visit from Santa? How we yearn for ole St. Nick to swing by our homes with some joy and encouragement during these trying times. And please, oh please, let there be plenty of Christmas cookies, even if we still have nearly two months left of summer to go....

Ben and Erin Napier have made it pretty clear that Laurel, Mississippi is their home. After all, they named their HGTV series Home Town and set about pouring their hearts, sweat, and creativity into restoring Laurel’s historic homes and businesses. But that doesn’t mean they don’t love Wetumpka, Alabama, too. As fans of the Napiers know, earlier this year, the handy couple headed to Alabama for their new Home Town Takeover series, working with some celebrity pals, community members, and a hard-working team of builders and renovators to bring new life to the small Southern town....

A Florida wildlife rehabilitation center needs help feeding “three very hungry, growing otters.” Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) in Sanibel Island is calling on local anglers to help fill the otters’ cute little bellies with live fish over the next couple of months. The orphaned river otters have been in the care of CROW since they were just a few weeks old. North American river otters are social creatures and otter pups typically remain with their mom for their first year of life....

February is for lovers and Hallmark Channel is leaning into love. Our favorite TV network has deemed this to be Love Ever After Month and will present four new romantic comedies, four new Adoption Ever After specials, the return of When Calls the Heart, and the world television premiere of When Hope Calls. One such offering fuses two of these themes together in the brand-new movie Matching Hearts. While stars Taylor Cole and Ryan Paevey may fall in love, it’s their animal co-stars that will steal your heart....

It’s no revelation that many of us can’t wait to make it to the weekend, but Southerners have always tended to take weekend festivities to the next level. Fridays are for small-town football games or tickets to the local drive-in movie theater, and Saturdays are spent hunting down the best farmstand tomatoes or serving up sweet tea to friends on the porch. However, there is no day that has ever been more beloved in the South than Sunday....

Like a Thanksgiving turkey, an Easter ham is the gift that keeps on giving. But instead of turkey sandwiches (yawn), you get ham biscuits (yesss!). You could slap a few slices of thick-cut ham between a biscuit—which is delicious, don’t get me wrong—but you could also turn this simple sandwich into something truly fantastic. Whether you’re making a sandwich out of holiday leftovers or serving a ham-and-biscuits spread as a holiday meal (another fine idea), here are a few pointers:...

Silver falls plant is known by the scientific name Dichondra argentea ‘Silver Falls.’ Its common name is accurate: This plant resembles a silvery waterfall cascading down out of hanging baskets, containers, and window boxes, or a silvery wave flowing across gardens and beds. It creeps and trails and cascades wherever it’s planted. This native to West Texas is also called silver ponyfoot and silver nickel vine. Both names reference the color of the plant’s foliage and the rounded shape of the leaves....

Growing up, I thought everyone made their own BBQ sauce. Long before celebrity chefs and televised BBQ competition shows made it popular, grilling steaks and burgers was a weekend ritual with my dad, and he always started off by making a saucepan of his homemade BBQ sauce. Now, just to be clear, Daddy thought cooking any meat over an open fire was BBQ. I don’t remember him ever distinguishing between grilling – cooking quickly over a hot flame, and barbecue – using a low, slow, hours-long technique....

So you think you’re a Dolly super fan? Perhaps it’s time you meet Husk Nashville Executive Chef, Katie Coss. The talented culinary maestro takes Dolly fandom to a new level with her collection of 30+ Dolly Parton shirts, a custom Parton jean jacket, a Hatch Show Print poster of the Parton show she saw at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Parton-themed license plates on both of her cars, and the wine glass Parton used while dining at Husk, on top of Parton’s movies, books, CDs, records, and more....

About Kardea Brown Kardea Brown is a chef, author, and host of Delicious Miss Brown, one of the most successful shows on the Food Network. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and spent much of her childhood on Wadmalaw Island, where she grew up learning Gullah Geechee recipes and traditions from her mother and grandmother. She moved to New Jersey to pursue a career in social work, but when the Food Network saw a video of her cooking, everything changed....

Krispy Kreme is giving customers a sweet, delicious, and easy way to “sprinkle a little love” this Valentine’s Day with an all-new doughnut collection in a custom box. Available beginning today, the four new heart-shaped doughnuts are filled with fan-favorite flavor combinations and appearances by Krispy Kreme’s new Valentine’s Day mascots—a cute bear and his best bee buddy. The new collection includes: Beary Best Valentine Doughnut: dipped in chocolate icing and chocolate sprinkles, decorated like a teddy bear with chocolate kreme and icing....

Art enthusiast? LEGO superfan? Simply got a bored kid on your hand? Well, we’ve got exciting news on the horizon. As we learned from artnet, Vincent van Gogh’s celebrated 1889 painting, “The Starry Night,” is slated to become a LEGO kit. On the LEGO IDEAS website, fans can submit their concepts for potential LEGO sets, and Truman Cheng, a 25-year-old PhD student from Hong Kong and LEGO aficionado, did just that for the famed impressionist painting....

Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author and South Carolina’s queen of the beach read, has announced the impending release her first middle-grade book series. In the first installment of in the two-book series, The Islanders, Monroe introduces a new generation of readers to the plight and beauty of the natural world through eleven-year-old Jake who is forced to spend a summer on tiny Dewees Island with his grandmother....

While most kids her age are having nap time and playing make believe, 6-year-old Kendall Rae Johnson is busy planting seeds, watering crops, and harvesting the week’s bounty. As the state of Georgia’s youngest certified farmer, she has quite the job to do running her very real farming business, aGROWKulture. A resident of Atlanta, Kendall started farming when she was just 3 years old. Her great grandmother Laura “Kate” Williams taught her how to plant cucumber seeds, peppers, tomatoes, and broken collard green stems on her tiny patio garden....

As someone with a sensitive nose, fragrance can significantly affect whether I feel relaxed and serene or energetic and motivated. In turn, I like to leverage my elevated sensitivity to shape my mindset while creating the perfect atmosphere—and nothing sets the mood as promptly as lighting my favorite candle. I always have a stash of stimulating scents on hand, including some expensive ones. When I was gifted a set of posh designer candles by a family member last year, I was both excited and afraid to light them....

Clasp It Boutique’s handmade clothing clips can turn any ill-fitting piece into a tailored wardrobe staple. The secret is a set of sturdy metal clamps, which easily attach to almost any material. To use the clip, simply attach the clamps to either side of a garment, draw them together, and secure them with its center fastener. At just 3.5 inches wide, each one is small and light enough to stay put....

Florida reached a heartbreaking milestone in manatee deaths along the state’s Atlantic coastline this week. According to data released by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Wednesday, at least 1,003 manatees—more than 10% of the state’s estimated population—have died since the start of 2021. The previous single-year record for manatee deaths, set in 2013, was 803. State and federal leaders are now teaming up to address the record-breaking spike, which U....

When we bake a batch of cookies, there’s a tool we always reach for, and that’s a silicone baking mat. It ensures our cookies slide right off the baking sheet after they come out of the oven. When we forget the mat, our cookies stick to the sheet and we end up scraping and scratching the baked-on dough off our prized cookie sheets. Shudder. Silicone baking mats help us avoid cookie-baking disaster, and that’s a valuable thing....

The holiday season calls for festive dishes, shareable bites, and a lively blend of well-worn recipe classics and new additions to a home cook’s repertoire. And many cooks turn to the Internet to find their newest cooking adventures. When Southern Living fans in the South are searching for recipes in the days following Thanksgiving 2022, fun and travel-friendly desserts are at the forefront of their minds. The following treats are proving especially search-worthy to our readers....

Like it or not, TikTok has become a destination for not only funny clips and choreographed dances, but also noteworthy lifestyle trends and inspiration. From quick and easy recipes to beauty secrets, the app is teeming with fresh ideas and products from under-the-radar brands. And that’s exactly how many people stumbled upon Tower 28’s ShineOn Milky Lip Jelly. After TikTok user Haley Pham posted a video to her more than one million followers claiming that the naturally lip-plumping gloss makes her feel like she has lip injections, it went viral....