Limbo Week: Getting You Through to New Year's

We're here to get you through that weird time between Christmas and New Year's with recipes, hunt stories, holiday nostalgia, and a profile on the hot new band, The Droptines.

December 30, 2025

Goodbye 2025, and hello 2026! — almost. The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day exists in and out of time. We’re here to get you through.

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Whether you know Chad “Money” Mendes as a two-time All-American wrestler, a bare-knuckle brawler, a UFC fighter, a YouTube hunting sensation or an accomplished hunting and fishing outfitter, there’s still much more to the California native than you probably realize.

Take a nostalgic trip back in time with our editors’ favorite toy guns from their childhood, and a few other things you don’t see anymore. Maybe they’ll jog your memory of Christmas past for some New Year’s reminiscing.

It’s time to get the drop on the hard-working, alt-country Texas band that’s on the point and rising no matter what song they are cranking out! Plus, they’ve got a band name that every deer-hunter in the world can dig, along with a unique connection to deer hunting and music culture.

Do you have to whip something up for New Year’s dinner after everyone is sick of turkey and ham after Thanksgiving and Christmas? Well, if there’s a venison roast in the deep freeze, break it out for this recipe. It will impress everyone and you’ll get to serve some outstanding field-to-table fare to ring in 2026.

Thanks to the tremendous support of Americans from every corner of this great country, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation was able to deliver 50 homes in 24 states, covering nearly half of the country, during the foundation’s Seventh Annual Season of Hope.

From base layers to boots, this is the cold-weather hunting gear that makes the difference when long sits and bitter temps test your grit.