Christmas Magazine

Searching for the Provenance of a Book

SEARCHING for the provenance of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol PLEASE SHARE 3 years ago, a dear friend gave me

We had guests over the evening before Christmas Eve. Therefore the table setting needed to look elegant but with little effort.

…the most common table decoration during the Christmas season was fir tree boughs and scattered around them were nuts, Mandarin

Eatable gifts are always welcome at our house. It’s so much better than something nobody will ever use, because it’s

his was the third time we enjoyed December with a shared Advent calendar.

Anne Brontë (1820-1849) Music I love–but never strainCould kindle raptures so divine,So grief assuage, so conquer pain,And rouse this pensive

Paul Auster I heard this story from Auggie Wren. Since Auggie doesn’t come off too well in it, at least

I do not make New Year’s resolutions. However I do think about what the New Year may or should bring.

On a cold winter’s morning, breakfast in bed is the best! Organize all ingredients for the French toast the