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12 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF AEROPOSTALE (RAISMAN); SNAP BOOGIE (SNAP BOOGIE) 10 // FULL FRONTAL 24 // LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 26 // LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER 28 // …WITHOUT WHOM THIS ISSUE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE 30 // THE LIST 35 // INVITED SCENE 45 // CLARA PAST AND PRESENT Boston's old-school holiday traditions meet their modern matches. 48 // FOOT FETISH The Peabody Essex Museum explores the pleasure and pain of the heel. 50 // HAIL HIVE! A new mobile bar truck lets you take your next cocktail party to go. 52 // BOSTON'S GOT TALENT! Spice up your holiday house party with these local cool-cat performers. 54 // WRAPPED TOUR Who's the best elf in Boston? You are. 56 // SOUND THE ALARMS... AND CHURCH BELLS! Prepare for the funniest religious experience you'll ever have. 58 // ROYAL INDIAN A new reservation allows you to feast like a king at The Café at the Taj. 60 // HAPPY NEW YOU! From high-tech to low-budget: Kick off the year with improving the 3-D you. 76 The hallmark of stylist Joseph Gordon Cleveland's holiday gift guide, this 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE would be at home in the Back Bay—or the next Bond movie. 82 Olympic gold medalist and prolific Instagrammer Aly Raisman is helping craft Boston's digital narrative. 52 High-flying dancer Snap Boogie is one of a number of entertainers taking their acts inside the holiday house party circuit. CONTENTS WIN TER 2016