Kayla Samoy

More than 1,300 readers cast over 2,700 votes in this year's Holiday Cookie Contest. After weeks of battling it out at the polls, here are the 12

The temperatures are dropping but holiday lights displays are popping up to entice you outdoors despite the chill.

The temperatures are dropping, but holiday lights displays are popping up to entice you outdoors despite the chill.

The three winning cookie recipes for the 38th annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest offer their takes on classic cookies: oatmeal chocolate chip, thumbprint and snickerdoodle.

For many of the readers who entered this year's Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest, baking isn't just a means of creating a sweet indulgent treat.

From Netflix to Hallmark, this season is full of new romantic comedies to get you in the holiday spirit.

I started watching this year's batch of new Christmas romantic comedies in October. It was admittedly quite early, but it had to be done to sort through the dozens of new movies from Netflix, Hulu, Lifetime and Hallmark.

From Netflix to Hallmark, this season is full of new romantic comedies to get you in the holiday spirit.

I started watching this year's batch of new Christmas romantic comedies in October. It was admittedly quite early, but it had to be done to sort through the dozens of new movies from Netflix, Hulu, Lifetime and Hallmark.

I started watching this year's batch of new Christmas romantic comedies in October. It was admittedly quite early, but it had to be done to sort through the dozens of new movies from Netflix, Hulu, Lifetime and Hallmark.