The Santa Claus Rally period starts Tuesday, with stocks rising an average of 1.3%. The Grinch might spoil our bullish holiday season, but the odds favor Santa's arrival.

A ‘Santa Claus rally’ can last into the first two days of the next trading year. Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images The Grinch might be coming for Wall Street this holiday season.

ESSENCE's features editor Brooklyn White writes about how important Black holiday figurines are to her family.