Photos: The world rings in the new year

Ever wonder why we celebrate New Year’s Eve with champagne? The answer dates back at least 1,500 years. And it involves a mix of history, location and -- not least -- skillful marketing.

The only thing worse than a drunk text is a drunk holiday text. Here's how to protect you from yourself this New Year's Eve.

So, the New Year's Eve shindig hosting has fallen to you. Your guests will likely expect Champagne or some analogue thereof. Now is not the time to defy expectation. Here are a few tips for getting a banging bottle of bubbly without breaking the bank.

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year for many people, but a large number of us don't celebrate the holiday, giving us nothing to do on December 25th.

If you swear by a hair of the dog, bananas, green tea or aspirin, you are deluding yourself, writes Dr Luisa Dillner

Even if you've never, ever been the kind of employee who had to call in mortified the day after an office party, chances are that you aren't thinking strategically about the kind of impression you want to give at this year's event.

Celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world

I recently moved and am considering allowing people inside to see it, to mix and mingle and break in this new place. But it's pretty small so it takes a little bit of strategy in addition to the normal prep for a housewarming. Check this out for some of the most useful tips,