It dawned on me as I tramped through the woods on a brisk Sunday afternoon, that some of the most beautiful Christmas trees don't need any decorations at all. In fact, one I spotted as I rounded a corner near a pond, looked even more stunning than the Rockefeller Christmas Tree. Wearing a regal white [...]
How fortunate that throughout the ages of reason, December's magic prevails. You see it everywhere -- on modest lawns brilliant with holiday displays, in the twinkle of a crossing guard's eye, within the arms of a high school Santa Claus, in a tidy stall of a brand new stable. December's magic rises like the moon [...]
I like to give our Christmas trees a little pep talk as I strip them of all their glory and send them out into the frigid winter. I thank them for absorbing all the chaos of the season and reflecting back its peace. They have all been, to a trunk, stalwart companions, noble conifers even, [...]
We had as much fun saying the name of Molly's Christmas dessert this year as we had eating it (and I'm pretty sure I ate more of it than anyone). This year, she combined her love of baking and trees with her passion for foraging and came up with a Buche de Noel that included [...]
We did not simply have a wonderful Christmas time. I wonder sometimes what Paul McCartney meant when he wrote that phrase over and over again in that Christmas song you hear every single time you run into a store frantic for some ingredient you forgot. Is anything simple about Christmas time? This year the coronavirus [...]