As I told you earlier, our Christmas dinners used to be a frenzy of eating until dessert. In Gran’s house, dessert came with a cup of tea. Kettle not boiled…

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So Uncle Joe (or Aunt Martha or Cousin Peter) won’t be invited to the holiday party this year because of what they said about us at the last one. I…

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Abundance was the only word to describe Christmas dinner at Gran and Gramps. We children anticipated the feast for weeks, but a fraction of time after sitting down to the…

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Dust always surprises me at the worst possible time. I’ve been living with it but didn’t realize it. Honestly, I hadn’t dusted in a while because everything looked okay to…

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There are a million or so people in the persecuted church. These are Christians who are beaten and even killed for acknowledging Jesus. They must be wondering why we spend…

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  Dear Parents and Grandparents: Are you stressing over gifts for those precious darling little children/grandchildren? Are you planning on buying the latest version of the newest computerized expensive something?…

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Did you know that:  84 million cookies will be left out for Santa on Dec 24th Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas sold 50 million copies? The average sit on Santa’s lap…

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“So then, how are you doing now,” they ask. I muster up my best going-forward face and say “Oh, good, thanks” then change the subject as fast as I can.…

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Don’t you love that Christmas gives us at least a month of stress free eating and spending, followed by at least three months of stress as we try to lose…

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Do you like Christmas cake? Lots of people do, in spite of the nasty reputation it has in comic circles. These wonderful fruit cakes generally take a long time to…

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