Here in the US, it’s become something of a national pastime to marvel at how commercialized our holidays have become, and cluck our tongues as the stores set out their Halloween/Thanksgiving/Hanukkah-and-Christmas displays earlier and earlier. On some occasions, though, it doesn’t hurt to get a head start. One of my aunts, continuing a tradition my […]
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Do you send holiday cards?
Much like my mother (and who knows, maybe my grandmother, too), I never got into the habit of sending out holiday cards. For a while, among acquaintances at least, that put me in the minority. Now, if anecdotal evidence is to be believed, I’ve got lots of company. Of course, there are plenty of alternatives, […]