I love the food that Christmastime brings. Lots of home cooking and lots of desserts! Did you know that the word stressed is desserts spelled backwards? That can’t just be a coincidence. It just be divine! You’re welcome. One of my favorite Christmas desserts is strawberry pie. I remember my aunt making a strawberry pie

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My wife and I started dating when we were teenagers. On our first Christmas, she bought me a Bible with my name on it…and I lost it the same day. I looked everywhere for it. I assume I placed it on top of my car, and as I drove away thinking about how gorgeous and

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They say men have four stages of life – believing in Santa, not believing in Santa, playing Santa, and looking like Santa! I remember as a kid I was so excited when my mom told me “Santa” would be at my aunt’s house on Christmas Eve. She said we could sit on his lap and

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“We may have to deliver your baby prematurely to save her life.” Those words made us nervous. We discovered very early in pregnancy that our daughter Abby had some heart conditions. An extra electrical pathway caused her heart to race 200+ beats per minute. She was born close to full term but wasn’t breathing when

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What’s the best Christmas present you’ve ever received? When I was a kid, I received two G.I. Joe tanks and the Star Wars Millennium Falcon in the same year! What’s the worst Christmas present you’ve ever received? I once received a $100 savings bond and a boy cabbage patch doll…really! For one, boys don’t play

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Christmas was ruined, or so we thought. When I was a kid, one year instead of giving us Christmas presents, my parents decided they would just give us money. After all, my mom used to say, “Cash is always the right color and size.” We decided to open gifts that year after Christmas lunch. After

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When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I vividly remember riding home from my aunt’s house on Christmas Eve asking my parents to completely change my Christmas list. My parents wouldn’t budge. They said I had reached the point of no return, that “Santa” was already on his way and had his sleigh

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I believe this is the first year our Christmas decorations have gone up before Thanksgiving. I could be wrong as I can’t even remember what I wore yesterday. The signs of Christmas are all around us. When I see Christmas lights around the neighborhood, hear Christmas music on the radio, and begin to change the

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