The day after Thanksgiving, I dug out all my Christmas decorations, and began the two-day process of tree decorating and hanging lights. My enthusiasm for adorning my house with holiday cheer began to wane shortly after plowing through my Christmas boxes that have been stored neatly in my attic all ...

It’s not usual for a song to come to my mind completely out of the blue.  It happens all the time.  This morning, however, the song that invaded my thoughts was quite an unusual one.  I was sweeping the floor, and to my recollection, I wasn’t thinking about anything in ...

If you live in the parts of America where there’s snow, chances are, you’re dreaming of a white Christmas. For those of us living in a winter wonderland, snow is associated with the Christmas season. Making snow angels and snowballs during winter has almost become automatic for children. But in ...