In the warm afterglow of Christmas tree lights and luminescent gift wrapping, I wondered to myself if there was a word to describe those blissful days between Christmas and New Year's, where the spirit of the holidays hangs high and one begins looking towards the new year. I was more than a little pleased to find that there is such a word, newly coined to...

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According to a study by the University of Scranton, 45% of Americans make New Year's resolutions for the following year. Of those 45%, only 8% actually keep their resolutions. To put that in perspective, less than one in twenty people both make and keep a New Year's resolution. I wonder, then, if that's enough to justify not making New Year's resolution. After all,...

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