Well, my reach exceeded my grasp on the Advent calendar, but I’ve still got plenty of non-holiday material to post here, so stay tuned.…
Sing Along with Esso | Advent Calendar, Day 2
Here’s a Christmas ad from those mid-century magazines that has stuck in my head for the past 50 years. I have to salute the…
A Pictorial Recipe for Plum Pudding | Advent Calendar, Day 1
I had the good fortune to grow up in a family that kept Christmas very well, and this year, I will be sharing some…
The Other Wise Man
When we were kids, my father used to read us A Christmas Carol aloud, a stave each night, while my mother baked Christmas cookies…
Ed the light bulb
Every family has their little holiday traditions. We certainly had plenty–Dad would read A Christmas Carol aloud to us kids, as a result of…
The 1967 Robertson’s Christmas Catalog
Robertson’s was the big department store in downtown South Bend when I was growing up. It is firmly wedged in my memory, to the…