SERIES

Guy’s Ranch Kitchen In “19th-Century Holiday Feast,” a new Christmas episode, host Guy Fieri invites some chef friends to drop by the ranch to prepare a holiday meal inspired by Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Marc Murphy starts things off with a pumpkin eggnog and a delicious roasted squash with sage, ricotta and pomegranate, then roasts a whole fish in a crusted salt shell. Alex Guarnaschelli contributes a potato-turnip gratin and black-pepper chicken, followed by Michael Voltaggio’s tangy sausage balls. Also on the menu are roast goose and figgy pudding. 12:30 p.m. Food Network

Rose Parade Uncovered This new miniseries offers viewers different takes on the New Year’s Day event. The premiere takes viewers behinds the scenes and has an inside look at float building. 7 p.m. CW

California Cooking With Jessica Holmes Jessica joins Julie Tanous in making sweet potato pie bars, then visits Compartes Chocolate Factory where she makes her own chocolate bar. 8 p.m. CW

Saturday Night Live Jennifer Lopez hosts with musical guest DaBaby. 8:29 and 11:29 p.m. NBC

Madagascar David Attenborough tells the story of the large island where unique wildlife has evolved, more than 80% of which is found nowhere else. 9 p.m. BBC America

Christmas Cookie Challenge Host Eddie Jackson welcomes five cookie makers into Santa’s workshop where they prepare two different decorated Christmas tree cookies. 10 p.m. Food Network

SPECIALS

The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! SpongeBob and all the denizens of Bikini Bottom face the potential of total annihilation of their undersea world in this new special. 7 p.m. Nickelodeon

Dan Soder: Son of a Gary In a stand-up performance from the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, the comic discusses drug dogs at the airport, the customer service generation and what it’s like to have an alcoholic dad who’s a lot of fun. 10 p.m. HBO

MOVIES

Long Shot In director Jonathan Levine’s 2019 romantic comedy a journalist (Seth Rogen) is hired as a speech writer by his former babysitter and childhood crush (Charlize Theron), who’s now the secretary of State and is about to launch a presidential bid. Andy Serkis, June Diane Raphael, Bob Odenkirk and Alexander Skarsgard also star. 7:55 p.m. HBO

The Star Timothy Reckart’s 2017 CGI-animated, faith-based comedy takes the story of the Nativity as a starting point with plenty of family-friendly laughs and prominently featuring talking animals. Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi provide the voices of Mary and Joseph. The voice cast also includes Steven Yeun, Keegan-Michael Key, Kelly Clarkson, Kristin Chenoweth, Patricia Heaton, Tracy Morgan, Tyler Perry and Christopher Plummer. 8 p.m. FXX

A Christmas Love Story A former Broadway star who becomes a New York school choir director (Kristin Chenoweth) faces serious challenges as she prepares her students for their annual Christmas Eve concert when one of her main vocalists falls ill in this new holiday drama. Kevin Quinn and Scott Wolf also star. 8 p.m. Hallmark

Christmas Unleashed When a woman’s (Vanessa Lachey) headstrong little dog runs away on Christmas Eve, she doesn’t have much choice but to recruit her ex-boyfriend (Christopher Russell) to help her with the search in this new romantic comedy. 8 p.m. Lifetime

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

Today (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

Frank Buckley Interviews Reza Aslan. (N) 8:30 p.m. KTLA

SUNDAY

CBS News Sunday Morning (N) 6 a.m. KCBS

Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC

State of the Union With Jake Tapper Impeachment: Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-.N.Y.). Impeachment: Rep. Mark Meadows(R-N.C.). Panel: Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.); David Urban; Jen Psaki; Linda Chavez. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI.). Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Keith Melton, Spy Museum. Panel: Michele Flournoy; former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), Nuclear Threat Initiative; Karl Rove; Jennifer Griffin. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m., 4 and 11 p.m. FNC

Fareed Zakaria GPS NATO meeting: Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO (2014-present). Brexit: Nigel Farage, UK Brexit Party. Upcoming U.K. election; Brexit: Alastair Campbell; Zanny Minton Beddoes, the Economist. Unrest in Iran: Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank). Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.). National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien. Author Neal Katyal (“Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump”). Panel: Ed O’Keefe; Josh Holmes; Julie Pace, Associated Press; Adam Entous, the New Yorker. (N) 7:30 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press Impeachment: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.). Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas); Rep. Denny Heck (D-Wash.). Panel: Robert Costa; Carlos Curbelo; Stephanie CutterPartner; Kristen Welker. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 3 p.m. MSNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos Impeachment: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose); Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). Presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). Panel: Chris Christie; Rahm Emanuel; Yvette Simpson, Democracy for America; Alice Stewart. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Reliable Sources With Brian Stelter Impeachment coverage: Olivia Nuzzi, New York magazine; author David Frum (“Trumpocracy”). When politicians sue for defamation: Liz Mair, Republican political consultant being sued by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare). Smartphones and news: Damon De Ionno, Revealing Reality. Author Thomas Patterson (“How America Lost Its Mind”). (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham; Mollie Hemingway; Griff Jenkins; Mo Elleithee; Emily Jashinsky, the Federalist. (N) 8 a.m. and midnight FNC

60 Minutes Profile of geneticist George Church; Palestinian businessman Bashar Masri; Adam Sandler. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

SPORTS

College Football Big 12 Championship: Baylor versus Oklahoma, 9 a.m. ABC; Sun Belt Championship: Louisiana visits Appalachian State, 9 a.m. ESPN; MAC Championship: Central Michigan versus Miami (Ohio), 9 a.m. ESPN2; American Championship: Cincinnati visits Memphis, 12:30 p.m. ABC; SEC Championship: Georgia versus LSU, 1 p.m. CBS; MWC Championship: Hawaii visits Boise State, 1 p.m. ESPN; ACC Championship: Virginia versus Clemson, 4:30 p.m. ABC; Big Ten Championship: Ohio State versus Wisconsin, 5 p.m. Fox

College Basketball Florida visits Butler, 9 a.m. Fox; West Virginia visits St. John’s, 9 a.m. FS1; Nebraska visits Creighton, 11:30 a.m. FS1; Villanova visits Saint Joseph’s, Noon ESPN2; Illinois visits Maryland, 2 p.m. ESPN2; Cincinnati visits Xavier, 2 p.m. FS1; Colorado visits Kansas, 4 p.m. ESPN2; Marquette visits Kansas State, 6 p.m. ESPN2

NHL Hockey The Kings visit the Calgary Flames, 7 p.m. Fox Sports Net

For more sports on TV, see the Sports section.

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles said Friday that it would voluntarily recognize a new union formed by more than 100 visitor services employees.

The employees, who petitioned the National Labor Relations Board late last month, intend to unionize with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

“We have been outspoken for over a year about our vision for the museum as a civic-minded public institution that supports the community,” MOCA Director Klaus Biesenbach told The Times. “That is as important internally for our staff as it is externally.”

He said recognizing employees’ desire to organize is “in full alignment with this vision we have set forth for our institution. Ultimately, we’re taking this step to come together as one team, one MOCA.”

The burgeoning MOCA union can now be formally established without the additional step of a secret ballot election, as outlined by the NLRB.

“This is a smart move,” says Lylwyn Esangga, organizing director at AFSCME’s District Council 36. “At the end of the day the workers want a voice and a seat at the table…. It shows a willingness to recognize that seat at the table. This is unique in that many employers will go through an election or do an anti-union campaign.”

Gallery attendant and MOCA union organizer Christine Samples said in a statement: “We are thrilled MOCA will voluntarily recognize our union, and we look forward to working together to start a new partnership to serve our community. We care about MOCA and want to make it better.”

AFSCME represents workers at more than a dozen museums around the country, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. Early last month, visitor services workers at the Marciano Art Foundation announced their intent to unionize, but just days later the museum announced that it was laying off nearly six dozen employees and that the museum was closing down indefinitely.

On Friday afternoon, the Marciano announced that the closure was permanent.

“The foundation’s only goal was to give back to greater Los Angeles by fostering an appreciation of the arts accessible to everyone and free to the public,” read a Marciano statement. “We are grateful to the public and the art community for their enthusiastic support of this ambitious project and all that we have accomplished during the past two and a half years…. Maurice and Paul Marciano will continue to support and encourage artists and curators internationally in their creative endeavors.”

Spencer Longo, who worked in visitor services at the Marciano and was an organizing committee member of the Marciano Art Foundation union, said he and his colleagues were disappointed by the decision.

“We hope that they do reconsider because we believe that the reopening of the Marciano Art Foundation is not only what we want, it’s what the community wants, it’s what Los Angeles wants,” he said. “That would be the right thing to do.”

The union will proceed with an unfair-labor-practice filing against the Marciano Art Foundation. In paperwork that AFSCME filed with the NLRB last month, employees allege that the layoffs and closure were an attempt to bust the union.

The employer, the complaint said, “has illegally discriminated against its employees by laying off employees en masse and/or closing its facility because employees … engaged in union and other concerted activities.”

A representative for the Marcianos did not return a request for comment.

It’s unclear whether the foundation will try to evolve into another type of art institution, such as a lending organization. Also unknown is the fate of the building, a 1961 Scottish Rite Masonic Temple designed by Millard Sheets.

The last year has seen a wave of unionization campaigns by visitor services employees at the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as the New Children’s Museum in San Diego and the Frye Museum in Seattle.

Visitor services associates, who help monitor galleries, often work part-time and without benefits. Wages for many hover around the minimum. In recent years the work has evolved, requiring gallery attendants to not only protect the art but also to have knowledge of art and art history.

“We are paid minimum wage, but what is expected of us is more than a typical minimum wage,” Betsy-Ann Toffler, a part-time visitor services associate, told The Times last month.

It is a model that was pioneered by the Broad museum when it opened in 2015 and has been picked up by many other museums, including MOCA (where Maurice Marciano is a chair emeritus of the board of trustees).

At MOCA, the process will move forward, with employees and management meeting next week to have an independent auditor verify the cards that were submitted to the NLRB expressing employees’ desire to unionize. Then they can move into negotiations.

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“We look forward to moving forward in good faith to establish an equitable and sustainable contract,” Biesenbach said.

The documentary “My Home India” pays tribute to little-known heroine Kira Banasinska, a Polish Red Cross worker who advocated for the safety and survival of more than 5000 Polish refugees who found their way to India from Siberian labor camps during World War II and remained until 1948.

Unfortunately, at just 45 minutes including end credits, the film, directed by Anjali Bhushan (she wrote with Malgorzata Czausow), feels more like a mere slice of a much bigger pie rather than a fully dimensional exploration.

That said, much rare archival material has been efficiently blended with vivid footage of contemporary India: its bustling street life, the ruins of the one-time Polish settlement in Vilivade (a.k.a. “Little Poland”), the Mumbai cemetery where Banasinska and her husband, Eugene (the first Polish Consul General to India), are buried, and more.

There are also warm interviews with Banasinska’s grandson, her friends and former residents of “Little Poland,” which became its own self-sufficient town, lovingly described as a “paradise.”

Banasinska, who died in 2002 at age 102, is said to have been a charming, energetic, indefatigable woman who “lived life on her own terms.” But, at least as reported here, there’s a seeming dearth of conflict to the India chapter of her life, which begs for a deeper dive.

Winter storms across the country have kicked ski season into high gear. And celebrations are in order after a day on a snow-covered mountain. Here are four spots for post-slope merriment, a.k.a. après ski.

Mammoth Lakes

The Yodler Restaurant and Bar, which dates to the 1950s, continues to give visitors a European ski lodge ambience and traditional Bavarian-style menu offerings such as fondue, chicken schnitzel sandwiches, crispy fried pork and bratwurst. It’s across from the Main Lodge and Panorama Gondola, so at day’s end you can cozy up by the fireplace and soak in the atmosphere while swapping stories of your powder escapades.

Info: Yodler Restaurant and Bar

Olympic Valley, Calif.

Le Chamois & the Loft Bar, which locals call “the Chammy,” is at base village in Squaw Valley, and across from the KT-22 chairlift. The walls are adorned with memorabilia including vintage skis and Olympic jerseys in honor of the1960 Winter Olympics, which were hosted at what was then a fledgling resort. Kick off your boots on the expansive deck, sample classic bar bites, order from its extensive beer list and enjoy its renowned pizza.

Info: Le Chamois & the Loft Bar

Park City, Utah

In the early 1900s, what is now the High West Saloon was a livery stable. Today it’s within walking distance of the bottom of Quittin’ Time ski run at Park City Mountain Resort. This gastro-distillery celebrates the American West’s history of making spirits and serves what might be called “comfort mountain fare,” including bourbon fried chicken wings with blue cheese dressing and a locally made garlic knackwurst with jalapeño cheddar and braised cabbage.

Info: High West Saloon, Complimentary distillery tours offered daily

Aspen, Colo.

Ajax Tavern at the Little Nell, just steps away from the Silver Queen Gondola, is a great place to people watch and take in the ambience of Aspen, playground of the rich and famous. The Ajax tempts with such gourmet offerings as onion soup gratinée, truffle fries, oysters, and Wagyu cheeseburgers.

Info: Ajax Tavern at the Little Nell. Reservations are suggested

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A surprisingly strong U.S. jobs report put investors in a buying mood Friday, driving stocks on Wall Street broadly higher and extending the market’s winning streak to a third day.

The rally pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average up by more than 300 points and erased the S&P 500’s losses from earlier in the week, nudging the benchmark index to a second consecutive weekly gain.

Technology, financial and industrial stocks drove much of the gains. Utilities, a safe-play sector, were the only laggard. Bond yields rose.

The Labor Department said employers added 266,000 positions, well above estimates of 184,000. The report also showed unemployment falling to a 50-year low. Separately, an index that measures how consumers feel about the economy showed an increase from last month.

The encouraging reports offer reassurance for investors who may have been worried that consumers might be pulling back on spending, said Rob Haworth, senior investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management.

“Increasing jobs, people back to work, plus that jump in consumer confidence tells you that the consumer is still there, and probably will still spend money,” he said. “It’s a better than we expected set of data, and clearly the market is pricing that in.”

The S&P 500 rose 28.48 points, or 0.9%, to 3,145.91. The index posted a 0.2% gain for the week and is now up 25.5% this year.

The Dow climbed 337.27 points, or 1.2%, to 28,015.06. The Nasdaq gained 85.83 points, or 1%, to 8,656.53.

Friday’s batch of encouraging economic data capped what started as a rough week for the market.

Increased trade tensions and disappointing economic reports — including data showing manufacturing continues to shrink and growth in the service sector is slowing — dragged the market to steep losses on Monday and Tuesday. The major indexes stayed in a slump through Thursday.

The latest employment report and consumer sentiment data are a welcome development as steady job growth has been one of the bright spots in the economy, along with solid consumer spending.

Investors also got some encouraging news on the U.S.-China trade front, with Beijing saying Friday that it is waiving punitive tariffs on U.S. soybeans and pork as negotiations for a trade deal continue.

Financial markets were rattled this week when President Trump said he wouldn’t mind waiting until after the 2020 elections for a trade deal. Wall Street has been hoping enough progress can be made on a “phase 1” trade agreement to avert new tariffs on Chinese goods, such as laptops and cellphones, set to become effective on Dec. 15. China has been seeking relief from some tariffs as part of the negotiations.

Gains by technology sector stocks helped drive the market rally Friday. Micron Technology rose 2.8%.

Banks also rose, as the solid jobs report sent bond yields higher, which lenders rely on to charge higher interest rates on mortgages and other loans. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 1.84% from 1.79% late Thursday. JPMorgan Chase rose 1.5%.

Industrial stocks also notched solid gains. 3M rose 4.3%.

Uber fell 2.8% after a safety report revealed that more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its U.S. rides in 2018. The report is part of the ride-hailing company’s effort to be more transparent after years of criticism over its safety record.

Benchmark crude oil rose 77 cents to settle at $59.20 a barrel. Brent crude oil, the international standard, gained $1 to close at $64.39 a barrel.

Gold fell $17.80 to $1,459.10 per ounce and silver fell 46 cents to $16.48 per ounce.

The dollar fell to 108.55 Japanese yen from 108.74 yen on Thursday. The euro weakened to $1.1056 from $1.1099.

Saudi Aramco’s world-beating initial public offering is a watershed moment for a business that’s bankrolled the kingdom and its rulers for decades. The world’s largest public company will now trade in Riyadh and not New York.

Less clear is how far it will help overhaul the economy of the world’s biggest oil exporter.

First floated by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2016 with an ambition to raise as much as $100 billion, the share sale was touted as part of a blueprint for life after oil. Saudi Arabia would raise funds off its biggest asset, and use them to develop new industries.

But after global investors balked at hopes to value the company at $2 trillion, the final deal was not quite what the prince had envisaged. Aramco offered just 1.5% of its shares and opted for a local listing, relying almost entirely on Saudi and regional investors.

And while proceeds of $25.6 billion exceed the 2014 IPO of Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., it’s unlikely to be a game-changer for the $780 billion economy.

“It’s difficult to see how this level of subscription can be repeated to raise the sort of revenue required by Vision 2030,” said Bill Farren-Price, a consultant at RS Energy Group. “And Saudi economic diversification will need a lot more of that.”

The sale is the first major disposal of state assets under a plan to empower the private sector and attract foreign direct investment, which has tumbled since oil prices crashed in 2014.

“It does provide ammunition to support investments as they move into the main construction phase, but by itself it’s not enough,” said Monica Malik, chief economist at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and a longtime Saudi watcher. “The quality of spending remains critical — how much will be spent domestically, how effectively it will be deployed.”

The proceeds will be transferred to the Public Investment Fund, which has made a number of bold investments, plowing $45 billion into SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund and taking a $3.5 billion stake in Uber Technologies Inc.

At home, the sovereign wealth fund is financing mega projects to develop tourist hubs along the Red Sea and elsewhere.

But the fund has also been criticized for elbowing out private businesses in smaller projects. Plans for a $500 billion futuristic city announced in 2017 have raised concerns that the prince may end up sinking more cash into vanity ventures.

Funds from the IPO “should be invested, in domestic projects, with a large local content, while avoiding white elephants,” according to Ziad Daoud, chief Middle East economist at Bloomberg Economics. “The government’s recent spending pattern has failed to live up to these criteria. It has cut investment, increased current spending and shown a continued penchant for mega-projects,” he wrote last month.

Still, pulling off the deal can help the prince get his ambitious plan for the economy back on track after setbacks at home, including the backlash against his purge of the elite, and abroad by the outrage over the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the war in Yemen. The kingdom’s richest families, some of whom had members detained in Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton hotel during a so-called corruption crackdown in 2017, are expected to have made significant contributions.

The state-owned oil giant set the final price of its shares at 32 riyals ($8.53), valuing the world’s most profitable company at $1.7 trillion. It received total bids of $119 billion. Aramco will become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company once it starts trading on Wednesday, overtaking Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. The deal opens up one of the world’s most secretive companies that, until this year, had never published financial statements or borrowed in international debt markets.

It will also mean the company now has shareholders other than the Saudi government for the first time since it was fully nationalized in 1980.

Saudi Arabia pulled out all the stops to ensure the IPO got done, surprising the oil market Friday with deeper production cuts. The move sent crude prices soaring and predicting that Aramco, fresh from its initial public offering, will soon surge past the elusive $2 trillion valuation.

It also cut the tax rate for Aramco three times, promised the world’s largest dividend and offered bonus shares for retail investors who keep hold of the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., acting as share stabilizing manager, has the right to exercise a so-called greenshoe option of 450 million shares.

The purchase option can be executed in whole or in part at any time on or before 30 calendar days after the trading debut. It could raise the IPO proceeds to $29.4 billion.

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Actress Ambyr Childers, a regular in the next season of the Netflix series “You,” in her Bel-Air home’s open-concept kitchen. 

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Childers’ kitchen features a black honed granite countertop. 

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A chandelier from Restoration Hardware hangs over the island in Childers’ kitchen.  

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Childers described her style as “traditional but with a very clean, modern and elegant feel.” 

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Childers in her kitchen, where she said her family will filter in and out throughout the day. 

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In the open-concept kitchen of actress Ambyr Childers’ 6,500-square-foot Bel-Air home, her new combined family can both plant its roots and create a delightful commotion.

At 31, Childers is learning a lot of new skills, including experimenting with homemade spaghetti-squash pasta and mothering not just her own two daughters but also the three children of her fiance, Jeff Tinsley, all ranging in age from 6 to 14.

“When I was younger I never wanted children, but then you grow up and your life would not be the same without them. It’s beautiful chaos to me,” said Childers, who costars in the Lifetime/Netflix stalker drama “You.”

Included in this chaos is a favorite pastime she taught them from her childhood: sliding across the floor from the kitchen to the family room like Tom Cruise in “Risky Business.”

“The three little ones drag each other or they’ll run and jump on the beanbags. They’re like animals. One gets started, and the bigger ones get involved because they’re the ringleaders,” she said. “The floor is brand new and it’s already so messed up from the kids running around.”

Multitasking is essential for Childers — the black honed granite countertop that separates the kitchen from the dining area doubles as “a big desk,” where she designs pieces for her namesake jewelry line.

“I sit and start dinner as I finish up my day’s work, and the kids are finishing up their homework or playing. I’m a very messy cook and I know they say the healthiest thing is to clean as you go, but I’m still growing up in that department,” said Childers, who has also appeared in Showtime’s “Ray Donovan” and “All My Children” on ABC.

The family of seven enjoys making ground beef tacos, which Childers “grew up on and is easy and classic,” as well as steak — though she said half the time is spent “trying to figure out how to not set the smoke alarms off.”

“Everyone is standing around with a pillow yelling, ‘The smoke alarm went off!’” Childers said. “Those are the special moments, and one day I know I’ll miss the screaming and giggles.”

Why is your kitchen your favorite room?

I love the open floor plan because you can go from the kitchen to the dining table to the sitting room and watch the kids play. It reminds me a lot of my childhood watching cartoons or doing our homework at the table and my mom in the kitchen cooking. It’s the one place where you can eat, socialize and give thanks.

You recently renovated the kitchen.

I didn’t think I’d like doing it, but I actually really enjoyed it because when you put your touch into something, it makes you want to be in that space more and be creative. You can really change a room with painting and lighting — they are everything. There used to be a wall and cabinets separating the kitchen.

How would you describe your aesthetic style?

I really love traditional but with a very clean, modern and elegant feel.

That’s a gorgeous chandelier.

I’m obsessed with it because the kitchen is very plain and durable, so it adds this touch of femininity and softness. It’s from Restoration Hardware. I love it there — I could walk around that store for hours.

Tell me what an average day is like in here.

The mornings are somewhat chaotic with the kids getting ready for school, but during the day it’s pretty quiet. The 14-year-old is always up in her room doing homework, but the little ones always come in here and have a snack in the afternoon and watch a little bit of television before doing their homework, taking showers and starting the wind-down process.

Do you have a favorite memory in this space?

I’ll never forget the first time I made homemade spaghetti sauce for my fiance when the kids weren’t home. I think he was shocked that I even knew how to cook. I don’t project that I’m a big cook or that it’s something that I’m good at. I’m learning, and it’s an art you have to do constantly. But I’ll always remember his face walking in — he was so appreciative and thankful. It’s nice having a partner who loves me even for my cooking flaws. But it turned out really great; I was so proud of myself.

What are the chances that one of the three remaining original Beach Boys would be a player in the current real estate market and the former home of another would be up for grabs? This week’s collection also includes properties associated with a best-selling novelist, a boxing champion and a king (of sorts).

Our Home of the Week is a party-ready contemporary in Bel-Air. Open-concept spaces dominate the 11,000 square feet of living space, which is topped by a roof deck. The mansion is priced at $32.5 million.

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Talk about some good vibrations. A Santa Barbara estate once owned by the Beach Boys’ Mike Love is for sale at $14.95 million.

The gated, oceanfront compound covers 2.5 acres, including a bluff with unobstructed views of the Channel Islands. Made up of five cottages, guest quarters and a music studio, the more than 10,500 square feet of living space contains 15 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms.

The largest house (aptly named Love Cottage) has more than 3,000 square feet, including loft space. Beamed ceilings, fireplaces and skylights are among interior features. An observation deck with a spa sits on the bluff overlooking the surf.

Love, 78, is a singer, songwriter and co-founder of the rock band, which formed in 1961 and is credited with creating the “California Sound.” His early lyrics focused on surfing, cars and girls. Among the group’s hit songs were “I Get Around,” “Fun, Fun, Fun” and “Good Vibrations.”

Goodbye, lake chalet

Singer-songwriter Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys sold his getaway on Lake Arrowhead for $2.85 million. He bought the house in 2012 for $2.1 million.

The chalet-inspired home, built in 2012, overlooks the water and includes a dock slip and a lakeside deck.

Some 4,500 square feet of living space contains a vaulted-ceiling great room, a formal dining room, a family/game room and five bedrooms.

Wilson, 77, wrote such Beach Boys hits as “Good Vibrations” and was inducted with the group into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. He has gone on to release 11 solo albums, including “No Pier Pressure” in 2015.

A new chapter in Bel-Air

The longtime Bel-Air home of the late romance novelist Judith Krantz is for sale as a pocket listing at $10.5 million.

The Italianate house, which dates to the 1930s, sits on a gated lot of more than half an acre surrounded by hedges and mature trees. The grounds have a swimming pool, a detached guesthouse and expanses of lawn.

The 6,657-square-foot residence features grand common areas such as a living room with a fireplace, a garden-view breakfast room and a two-story library. There are six bedrooms and six bathrooms.

Krantz, who died in June at 91, had owned the property since 1986. Her first two novels were the New York Times best sellers “Scruples” and “Princess Daisy.” Many of her books have been adapted as TV miniseries, including “Secrets” and “Torch Song.”

Boxer flattens his asking price

Boxer Andre Berto, a two-time welterweight world champion, has knocked down the price of his Beverly Hills home by a million dollars to $7.995 million. He first listed it for sale a year ago, public records show.

The 2016 contemporary is a boxy two-story with walls of glass that open to balconies and patios. White walls, 12-foot-high ceilings and wide-plank floors give a clean, modern appearance to the more than 4,900 square feet of living space. There’s an open-plan kitchen and dining area, a living room with a fireplace, a theater room, five bedrooms, six full bathrooms and a half-bath.

The third-acre lot is made up of lawn and a swimming pool with a spa.

Berto, 36, represented Haiti in the 2004 Olympics.

Elvis once graced this land

A Palm Springs property known as Elvis Presley’s honeymoon retreat has circled back on the market at $3.2 million — the same price as early this year.

To be sure, the king of rock ’n’ roll never owned the stucco and flagstone house, but leased it for a very special occasion. He and Priscilla Presley stayed there following their secret wedding in 1967.

If the A side association with the singer isn’t enough to find a fan, the Midcentury Modern has B side cred too. Once called the “House of Tomorrow” by Look magazine, the 4,695-square-foot home with rounded rooms was considered avant-garde when it was built in 1960.

Presley, who died in 1977 at age 42, had such hits as “Hound Dog,” “Suspicious Minds” and “Burning Love.”

Her favorite room

Film producer Suzanne Todd pays homage to her inspirations in the living room of her 4,480-square-foot Pacific Palisades home. Her family, books and the magical world of Disney are well represented in the functional space through photos, a game table and an often-gathered-around fireplace.

From the archives

Twenty years ago, rap mogul Sean “Puffy” Combs leased his Beverly Hills area home out for a year at $25,000 a month. The Grammy-winning rapper had bought the 8,300-square-foot house a year earlier, but never moved in.

Also 20 years ago, John Cusack of the movie “Being John Malkovich” bought a Malibu home for slightly more than $2 million. The four-bedroom, 3,300-square-feet house included a guest apartment with a private entrance.

Thirty years ago, jockey Chris McCarron was on the housing fast track, having sold a home in the Beverly Hills Post Office area and planning to build another nearby. The English-style house he sold was 7,500 square feet in size with five bedrooms and maid’s quarters.

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Architectural Digest served up a collection of seven homes for sale in the most secluded parts of the world. While we’d dispute that they are located in the “most” secluded spots, the houses really capture the imagination. Our personal favorite was the $4.9-million four-bedroom on tiny Potato Island in Branford, Conn. Yes, the buyer gets the whole one-acre island.

And while we were looky-looing… It’s pretty hard to get us to say “wow,” but these celebrity-owned yachts at Celebrity Homes had us uttering the word. Check out Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour’s old-fashioned super-yacht.

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What is pickleball anyway? The sport, according to the USA Pickleball Assn., was invented near Seattle in the 1960s when the children of several families became bored with their usual summertime activities. Their dads adapted ping-pong paddles and came up with some simple rules.

The game took off and is now is played around the globe. What’s with that name? Supposedly it’s named after Pickles, one of the founding families’ dogs.

Pickleball is played on a badminton-sized court (20 feet by 44 feet, for singles and doubles) with the net set to a height of 34 inches at the center. It’s played with a perforated plastic ball like a Wiffle ball, and composite or wooden paddles about twice the size of ping-pong paddles.

It can be played indoors or outdoors and is easy for beginners to learn, but it can develop into a fast-paced, competitive game for experienced players. The game has developed a passionate following, especially among seniors, due to its friendly, social nature.

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New players can learn the basic rules quickly in a single session. No special apparel is needed, just something comfortable and appropriate for a court sport. Equipment is inexpensive and easily portable. The game can be played by all ages and is popular in school physical education programs and in adult living communities.

For more information, see usapa.org.

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It’s easy to forget that the first Christmas tree adornments were relatively simple. Celebrants in 16th century Germany, the birthplace of the decorated evergreen, relied on apples, baked goods, candles and tin ornaments.

Apparently, they were unable to track millennial influencers on Instagram or Etsy to tell them otherwise.

These simple, homespun ornaments are still around — but the baked goods and apples are often made of glass, the candles aren’t lighted (we hope), and the tin decorations are molded and painted to approximate anything from caviar containers to mermen.

Looking for something a little (or very) different this Christmas? You’re in luck: Your options include shiny red grenades, chain saws, body parts, and glass spheres painted with the words “well hung.”

Are you a unicorn aficionado? There are hundreds from which to choose, including a unicorn in lederhosen. And if you have yielded to the charms of “official” collections, you should know that the official 2019 White House Christmas ornament is a tiny brass replica of a helicopter, intended to honor Dwight D. Eisenhower’s official use of them as presidential transportation.

The Christmas industrial complex seems to have something for every sensibility (or peccadillo), which may account for the astronomical sums we spend on ornaments and lights every year. The U.S. Census — which surprisingly keeps track of such things — reports that last year, we imported $1.9 billion in Christmas ornaments and $500 million in lights from China.

We don’t buy them only for our homes. Ornaments, especially the secular kind, have become a passport to holiday parties (in the form of a hostess gift) and a popular choice for gift exchanges. Interior designer Deborah Rhein, who owns D.L. Rhein, a home design and gift store in Palms, stocks a range of baubles, ranging from a box of doughnuts to a glass replica of RBG (better known as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg).

“The concept is gift giving at the holidays,” she says. “And ornaments have become super inventive and creative.”

“Look,” she says, gleefully, pointing to a display of ornaments, many made of glass, in the store. “Here’s Gandhi. Here is Willie Nelson and Freddie Mercury.”

Rhein, who designed ornaments for several years, loves “the idea that there is something special here for everyone.” Like a LaCroix can. Or a bottle of vodka. Or a menorah.

“I love the idea of cross-cultural,” she adds. “It doesn’t leave anyone out.”

Today’s impossibly wide range of holiday decor allows for more than hostess gifts — it can fulfill the desires of people who can’t wait to read various trend reports that emanate from wholesale buyers, large department stores and social media influencers. (Depending on which report you read, big themes this year include modern stained glass, eco- friendly decorations, rose gold and iridescent color themes, balloon garlands and succulents arranged in the shape of a tree.)

In the meantime, fashionistas can hang a glass Anna Wintour ornament on their tree. Plant lovers can adorn an evergreen with tiny terrariums or enormous sunflowers. Sugar fiends can embrace their habit with candy canes, lollipops, gumdrops and macarons (glass and otherwise). Because ornaments aren’t just about being good to the ones you love; they’re also about being good to yourself.