Santa in Designer Outfits; Dog Cafe Coming to LA?

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· The ugly Christmas sweater company making bank off your dumb holiday party [Racked]
· What the team at cool new beauty brand Glossier wears to work [Racked]
· Santa in designer outfits [Stylist]
· LA might get its own dog cafe [Racked LA]
· Katie Holmes discusses her Dawson's Creek days [JJ]
· Fashion companies caught calling real fur faux again [Qz]
· Retail workers on most-hated Christmas songs [Inside Halton]
· Designer Inès de La Fressange: "totally good taste is boring" [Flare]
· Starbucks will start employing more animal-friendly practices [HuffPo]

Local
· Christmas decorations from credit cards. Recycling! Huzzah! [SFist]
· The twelve steps of holiday travel [The Bold Italic]
· What to buy for that billionaire friend [SFGate]
· How to do a San Fran stay-cay [Refinery 29]
· A super-important Q&A with Karl the Fog [7x7]
· Stop calling them brogrammers; they're tech dudes [SFMag]