‘Twas the night before the Christmas musical and all through the Children’s WingThe hallway was empty; no kids there to sing The costumes were hung on their hangers with careIn hopes that all the children soon would be there Mr. John was at home, lying in bedWith preparations for the...
I’ve always loved magic and illusions. When I was just waist-high to my father, his best friend was an amateur magician who, whenever the family visited, would produce a little routine for my mother to endure. She would serve as his untrained assistant and volunteer victim. Usually...
When I was a young girl, my family made an annual pilgrimage to Nashville for Christmas shopping. Being from a very small town, I had never seen a department store let alone one with an escalator, carousel horses and live monkeys! There were even parades inside the store. Everywhere I...
Steve and I are so greatly blessed with precious memories of our son, Jason every time we see rays from heaven. When Jason was little, he always said that when rays are streaming down, someone is going to heaven. He would call me and say, “Someone is going to heaven. I saw the...
Editor's Note: Today we have for you a column by Dave Barry featuring three of our favorite things: science, snack foods, and laughter. Enjoy! The thing I like best about being a journalist, aside from being able to clip my toenails while working, is that sometimes, through hard work and...
When I was growing up, my family lived with my mother’s mother, whom we called Granny. Granny was an excellent seamstress for the public, but at Christmas she put her sewing aside to make candy. She made many different kinds: pecan logs, marshmallows, fondant, fudge, caramels, gum drops...
The Sound of Music is probably not the first movie that comes to mind when you think of Christmas films, but since 2002 the ABC network has included it along with Rudolph and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town and Home Alone in its holiday season schedule. This...
While there is a myriad of Christmas traditions that make up my favorite things, one of my fondest is our Christmas cookies. When I was growing up, my mom and sisters would help make our Christmas cookies. These cookies would end up sitting in containers on our colossal 1970s wooden record...
