My favorite things about Christmas

When I was young(er), Christmas specials were just that, shown once a year around Christmas. There were no DVDs, no TiVo, no VCRs, not even cable. So when you saw that television commercial telling you the Dr Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas was going to be on next Tuesday at 8pm, you made sure [...]

One of my favorite childhood memories was helping my mother make dozens and dozens of Christmas cookies. This was done over the course of many nights when one of the annual Christmas specials was on Back in the days before, TiVo, DVDs, and yes even VCRs, if you wanted to see Merry Christmas Charlie Brown [...]