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One of my favorite Christmas traditions as a child was to go with Mom to Marshall Field's in downtown Chicago and have lunch in the Walnut Room that, as I recall, was on the 7th floor of Field's. Of course,…

When I was a young guy, I used to love watching the various Christmas programs. For those of you old enough to remember, you might recall watching the original "Frosty the Snowman" which was first released in 1953 and featured…

The last several weeks have been challenging, to say the least, for our family and for our oldest daughter, Kristin, in particular. It's been more than 3 weeks since she had the father of all headaches - an event that…

Janet and I have spent the better part of two weeks watching a number of feel good Christmas movies. Of course, most of them have been on the Hallmark channel, the channel I would pick if I could only choose…

Last week, Janet ran into a friend and was lamenting the fact that she didn't know what presents to buy for various people in the family. Janet's friend responded, "Just give them love..." When Janet repeated the conversation to me, the…