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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 13 november 2019
Glam holiday décor that gets the party started

By KIM COOK red-and-green plaids.
Associated Press Home Depot's Twinkly
Had enough of all that se- 600-light, 7.5-foot-tall Swiss
rene winter wonderland Mountain tree lets you use
decor, the birch trees an app to program what-
and reindeer and sleighs? ever colored-light gymnas-
Ready to change it up this tics you'd like. And for the
year and boogie down? front of the house, there are
Then consider digging out multicolored laser lights that
the legwarmers and Donna project eight holographic
Summer CDs before you moving patterns like swirls,
start decorating. fireflies and starbursts. Turn
British retailer John Lewis a traditional green tree
, known for Christmas dé- into a playful decorative
cor and evocative holiday element by adding several
commercials, has declared strings of hot pink or purple
"Party" to be one of the big lights; Walmart and Target
themes for 2019. Flamingo, have options in mini and
cassette tape and balloon regular sizes.
animal ornaments join ho- For a small living space or
lographic ribbon bows and entryway, check out West
sequined tassels in their col- Elm's slim pop-up cone
lection. This undated photo provided by Home Depot shows the Twinkly 600-light, 7.5 ft Swiss Mountain tree, which is enrobed in sil-
Home Depot's trend and tree, which lets you use an app to program whatever colored light gymnastics you'd like. ver tinsel and trimmed with
design director Sarah Fish- Associated Press multicolored metallic dots.
burne sees the look as a If you've got a little more
twist on vintage holiday and larger, multi-color light Isom Johnson echoes the glam look is that you can room, go with one of their
décor. strands. To incorporate call for color: "One of the have fun decorating with it bushy gold or blush pink tin-
"Christmas is about em- the iconic retro vibe, think biggest trends on the rise is regardless of how you cele- sel trees. You'll find pretty
bracing the over-the-top, about a bright, rainbow using neon tones to deck brate the season. Just bear glitter-encrusted, mirrored
and no other era says over palette and layering metal- the halls, a bright look in- in mind that you're aim- glass, and gilded-beads
the top like the '80s," she lics across ornaments, trees spired by city lights and bill- ing for Dance Floor rather ball ornaments here, as
says. "We're seeing a re- and tabletop décor." boards." than North Pole, so forgo well as glass rainbow and
surgence of flocked trees Etsy's trend expert Dayna What's great about the any rustic cabins or woodsy confetti balls.q

Provocative Atlantic asks how civil war can be avoided

By DAVID BAUDER baum's look at the impact problems, Goldberg cau-
NEW YORK (AP) — The of demographic changes, tioned that "it's not the job
Atlantic magazine was where nonwhites will soon of journalists to make you
founded in the years lead- become a majority; Jon- feel better. It's the job of
ing up to the Civil War, so athan Haidt and Tobias journalists to tell you what's
it's worth noting when it Rose-Stockwell's report on going on."
produces a special new is- the destabilizing effect of It may seem quaint to think
sue on the theme, "How to social media; and Jona- a magazine with a paid cir-
stop a Civil War." than Rauch and Ray La culation of 450,000 could
The issue went to news- Raja's examination of a po- have an impact on the
stands and its articles were litical system that increas- national conversation. But
posted online Tuesday, the ingly punishes moderate that measurement is a re-
day before the House be- viewpoints. flection of another time,
gins public impeachment "We have political and me- too. The Atlantic's website
hearings on President Don- dia and technological sys- has 30 million unique visitors
ald Trump, timing both for- tems that reward extrem- a month, Goldberg said.
tuitous and coincidental. ism," Goldberg said. The magazine has been
"It seemed fairly obvious Trump is a symptom of what growing, adding 80 new
that a magazine of the has been happening to the positions since announc-
American idea should country, not the cause, the ing an expansion in Febru-
look hard at the question editor said. ary 2018. It launched a new
of whether the country is Lest the issue seem unre- digital subscription plan
coming apart," said Jeffrey lentingly negative, it also with three tiers of service
Goldberg, Atlantic's editor. contains a wistful piece by in September. The Atlan-
He's not comparing the author Tom Junod on how tic said its digital revenue
current era to November Mister Rogers might react growth has thus far ex- This cover image released by The Atlantic shows their Decem-
1857, when the first Atlantic to the current times, and ceeded expectations. ber issue "How to Stop a Civil War."
issue was published, "but it playwright Lin-Manuel Mi- Goldberg said the response Associated Press
does feel that something randa explores the impact indicates a desire for care-
has come off the rails a little of art in a troubled era. fully reported and edited and provoke all at the both the magazine and
bit," Goldberg said. While Atlantic writers of- long-form journalism. same time," he said. website. The December is-
Among the pieces in the fer some suggestions on "Our desire is to inform and The new issue also coin- sue's cover image is a red
new issue are Yoni Appel- how to get beyond current contextualize and argue cides with a redesign of and blue handprint.q