Going in style

Say goodbye to the century with an over-the-top bash. The experts offer tips on how to do it -- if you have the cash. Also: theme party ideas and recipes for a Moroccan feast
by Tom Witkowski

Markdown millennium

How to party like it's $19.99
by Robert David Sullivan

Finding Christmas

One retail worker's quest for Meaning
by Nick A. Zaino III

Cool carols

What record-store hipsters are listening to this season. (Hint: It ain't Kenny G.)
by Michael Endelman

Cheers!

Boston's wine experts have plenty of suggestions for a sparkling New Year's Eve
by Tom Witkowski

Christmas unwrapped

What do you call a girl wearing nothing but jingle bells? Not a ho ho ho.
by Camille Dodero

Goodbye, tinsel

From shagadelic to New Age, ideas for alternative holiday decorating
by David Valdes Greenwood

Happy holidaze

A surfeit of events for even the most seasoned cynics
by Loren King