Things To Do, Read, Stream or Watch During The Holidays
The end of the year is hectic but we get a permission to slow down and catch up on everything that we missed in 2025 - from films to music, books, and beauty rituals that require a little extra time such as butt masking. This is your 2025 essential pop culture to know and to do list.
MOVIES
For real movie lovers start your holidays with Woody Allen classics like Manhattan, Annie Hall, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Take The Money and Run, or refreshingly funny Mighty Aphrodite, dramatically delusional Blue Jasmine, and old romance Midnight in Paris etc Actually you can just spend the entire holidays devouring his artistically witty movies while snacking on delicious Little Syl Fantasy Fruit Shapes.
For those who want quality newer releases, go for The Brutalist, Civil War, Poor Things ( most A24 movies bring a lot of entertainment ) Marty Supreme, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere or another folk/rock classic A Complete Unknown.
SHOWS
Enhanced your winter with lavishly produced The Gilded Age the most spirited portrait of 1880s elite Black society and while wearing Bawdy Butt Mask and pretend you’re a 17th-century aristocrat undergoing lavish skincare rituals.
Bear, Yellowstone, Shogun, Rivals, Fargo, Death By Lightning, Murdaugh: Death In The Family, Paradise, The Beast In Me, or The Lowdown.
MUSIC
Let's make it Swift-free playlist, and explore other artists like Olivia Rodrigo, Olivia Dean, Chappell Roan, Morgan Wallen vs Zach Bryan, Bad Bunny a quick crash course and most popular songs before the Super Bowl, Lana Del Rey,
Turn On Your Favorite Podcast
DO
Absolutely Nothing and Absolutely Everything.
NOISE OFF
- Start with the mood, turn off the lights, set candles, play your favorite songs and yes it can be Metallica.
- Make yourself a warm drink - mulled wine, chai, hot cider or a shot of whiskey and make it neat.
- Long shower or relaxing bath.
- Face mask combined with Bawdy butt mask.
- Read something short Calvino, Ursula Le Guin, a weird modern short story or an article that interests you - just don't reach for your phone.
WELLNESS WEEKEND
A low-key itinerary for a winter weekend, hopefully snowy one so you can wonder the streets or in the park when the fresh snow hits the ground. Or stay cozy at home and watch the snowflakes stick to the window, listen to the wind hitting the tree branches.
- Make a delicious coffee at home or go to your favorite local coffee shop for crowd watching or journaling.
- Museum or gallery wander - especially the ones that you planned to visit for the entire year.
- Eat dinner alone at the bar - this cozy New York restaurant/gastro pub is a perfect place to hide in the comfort of delicious food - The Commerce Inn
- Return home and create your own home spa session - butt mask included.
- Watch a feel good movie or read a book - a chapter from a good book makes a huge difference to set the mood, book critics favorite Table For Two.
Or simply enjoy silence sprinkled with your own magic.