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Hi there, Sidekick friends. I’ve officially completed my holiday gifting, and I feel a MASSIVE weight lifted off my shoulders. Very much looking forward to paying off my credit card balance, playing in a family pickleball tournament, and spending quality time with my Spotify Wrapped playlist. Any fun weekend plans in the works?

— Rachel Cantor

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If you grew up in a house where one of your family’s love languages was fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies, then you know about the power of the cookie box. Chocolatey, nutty, fruity, crispy cookies all wrapped together in one sugary magical package. Here are some cookie box hacks, so you won’t crumble under the pressure:

How to put together the perfect cookie box.
If you’re short on time and shortbread, send the Resy Cookie Box, which contains 12 cookies from chefs all over the country. It also arrives with an early copy of Ovenly’s new cookbook.
Expert bakers share their favorite cookie recipes of 2020—from matcha neapolitan 2.0 to brown butter salted caramel cookies.
The best ways to send cookies in the mail.

And in case you didn't mark your calendar, tomorrow is National Cookie Day.

Brain Food

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An empty calendar is like wintering in Florida with my grandparents. It sounds great at first, but unconditional love and daily bagel breakfasts can wear a gal down. Use these strategies to take advantage of the white space on your GCal.
If you’ve already color-coded your sweatpants collection, here are a few tips on how to tackle a far more overwhelming task: organizing your kitchen.
Remember when everyone was obsessed with the RBF? Nothing brings it back like looking at yourself in a Zoom call. Here’s how to build e-charisma.
Archaeologists just discovered the “Sistine Chapel of the Ancients,” one of the world’s largest collections of prehistoric rock paintings in the Amazon.

Listen

A podcast for learning Japanese, recommended by Brew writer Jamie Wilde.
If Covid is infecting your holiday spirit, the antidote is these holiday podcast and audiobook recommendations.

Watch

For all the vinyl collectors, a doc about a beloved record store in New York.
I just looked up “tardigrade,” and I’m both disgusted and fascinated by these microscopic creatures. Check ’em out and more on the Journey to the Microcosmos YouTube channel.
Skip the overpriced Williams Sonoma Nevarro Nummies™ Macarons, and learn how to make Baby Yoda’s favorite treat.
Remember that thing called fashion? Jenna Lyons’s HBO series, Stylish, premieres today.

Good Eats

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The last time I made these cake batter chocolate chip cookies, I ate the whole batch myself. Debatable what’s better: the cookie dough or the fully baked cookie.

They would also make a great addition to your holiday cookie box.

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Try It, Buy It

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Mix and match: Coolors provides you with the color inspo you need for your next pitch deck, personal website redesign, or mood board.
Zoom school: For all the working parents counting down the days until winter break, here’s a list of sites to help your kids keep up with school.
Bookmark: Download Listy to collect all the books you’ve read in 2020, your grocery lists, and your SNL skit ideas in one centralized place.

Buy It

Sprint: Head into one of Caveday’s Zoom focus sessions for deep work sprints and energizing breaks that actually help you get stuff done. It’s how I wrote Monday’s newsletter.
Gut feeling: I thought kombucha was the secret to keeping your gut health in check, but nope, I was wrong. After some research, I started taking Seed’s probiotic. It took me a few days to adjust, but it’s already solved some of my digestive issues.

Sidekick's 2020 Gift Guide

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For the friend who’s a walking Imdb, organizes virtual trivia nights, or exclusively listens to vinyl, we curated gifts they’ll absolutely love in our 2020 Sidekick Gift Guide. Check out the list here.

P.S. In the extremely rare case that none of these gifts interests you (it won’t happen), email sidekick@morningbrew.com with some deets about your giftee, and I will hand-select a few gift options.

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I’m jealous that travel photographer Peter Yan escaped to this secluded cabin in Greenland. Send me your recs for idyllic cabin rentals.

Enjoy your weekend, and I’ll see you at 5pm sharp ET on Monday.

Your internet Sidekick,
Rachel

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