My mom loved Christmas. Not politely. Not casually. She loved it the way you love something you’re willing to exhaust yourself for. The religious meaning. The food. The good cheer. The gifts. All of it. Christmas wasn’t a day in our house — it was a season, a production schedule,…
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Christmas Eve Traditions Stay the Same — We Change
When I was a kid, Christmas Eve felt like a dare. Try to sleep. Go ahead. See what happens. The house was quiet in that suspicious way—parents whispering, lights glowing just enough, the tree humming in the corner like it knew something I didn’t. My brain ran laps. Presents. Morning….
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The Thanksgiving Lions Game That Broke My Family in 1980
Listen To The Article Thanksgiving is already the busiest, most patience-testing travel week of the year. Airports are bursting, freeways are clogged, and somewhere out there a poor TSA agent is explaining — again — that gravy counts as a liquid. Chaos everywhere. But nothing, and I mean nothing, compares…