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What’s more emotionally exhausting, a crazy presidential election plus a zigzagging stock market or another holiday shopping season in New York? Answer: Gotta be the shopping. This year’s “Holiday Gift Guide” attempts to make the hunt a little less fraught. We’ve assembled a catalogue of smart gifts tailored to the economy, unearthing hundreds of finds under $100, including zero-stress art supplies and secondhand treasures. And we’ve taken to the streets to cajole 182 real New Yorkers, from ages 3 to 82, into handing over their wish lists and letting us play gift genie. One thing nobody asked for, though they should have: this beautifully woven holly garland, heavy with red berries, from US Evergreens ($25 a foot; 805 Sixth Ave., nr. 28th St.; 212-741-5300). The wholesale florist quietly sells custom wreaths and garlands to retail customers. It’s just one life-simplifying solution among hundreds that you’ll find over the next pages.
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The Transformation of TV Into an Art Form
The Draw of Dream Worlds in Film
Gosselin, Prince of the Professional Nobodies
A Decade of Defining Moments in Pop-Culture
The Invention of New York's Local Cuisine 
Thirty-Five Short-Lived Looks of the Decade
Two Views of a Swath of the Upper West Side
An Older Generation Moves Into Williamsburg
Ten Years That Changed Everything
A Generation of Overparenting
The Sports Rivalry of the Decade
What Is the Point of the United States Senate? 
