Last-Minute Holiday Tips and Recipes from ArcaMax

With less than a week until Christmas, things are getting hectic. Ease the last-minute holiday stress with help from ArcaMax Publishing's Holiday Guide that features shopping tips, quick gift ideas, and more.

Readers will find a variety of holiday recipes, including gourmet treats from featured contributor Zola Gorgon and reader-submitted ideas. Once the cooking is done, there are also decorating and entertaining tips to make dinners and other gatherings simple and stress-free. For families with young children, fun craft and gift ideas make the season even more fun for everyone.

The ArcaMax Holiday 2006 Guide ( http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-136619-517363 ) is the family-friendly web site's most recent installment in the popular series of seasonal features. The guide features a variety of content for families, book-lovers, and gamers.

Hugh Spain, Managing Editor of ArcaMax Publishing, hopes that readers will enjoy and benefit from the content. "We like our special sections to be entertaining, but we're also giving the readers things they can use. The special section also features fun online activities, including several interactive trivia quizzes on seasonal topics like Christmas carols and celebrations around the world. In addition, the ArcaMax Book Club, an exclusive featuring allowing subscribers to read books a chapter a day by e-mail, is now featuring holiday classics like "A Christmas Carol" free to read online at the reader's own pace.

"People really appreciate this sort of thing, especially with how busy the season has become," Spain says of the annual favorite. "Everyone wants to plan ahead, but it's difficult to do. We want to give our readers that little extra push at the last minute, so they can spend time with their family and friends without stressing."

ArcaMax offers more fun and useful content all year long, including 25 classic comics like "Garfield" and "Blondie," Dear Abby and other advice columns, and regional gardening tips. For more information or to sign up for a free subscription, visit http://www.arcamax.com/cgi-bin/reg .