Wishing you and your family all the best during the Holiday Season.

And a Happy & Healthy New Year!

Enjoy this video that I made of timeless Christmas wisdom from years ago.

Time-tested advice form 1862 that is as true today as it ever was....

The best Christmas gift one can bestow upon child or friend is a happy memory. Money cannot buy it, but it may be procured by the poorest. It can be had by a draft upon patience or a check upon ill temper, which may be changed for the coin of kind words, each bearing the imprint, "Peace on earth, good will to men."

After reading this I sat for a while remembering Christmases that have passed and came up with some of my favorite Christmas memories to share...

• sitting in the room with the Christmas Tree lit up at night with no other lights on, peaceful.
• sharing Christmas Eve dinner with Parents, Grandparents and other relatives - all of us seated around a table that was perhaps a bit too small for the gathering.
• kielbasi, perogies, deviled eggs and herrings in sour cream.

What is your favorite Christmas memory?

Post it below in the comments section if you'd like to share it.

The Night Before Christmas or a Visit from Saint Nicholas

by: Clement Clarke Moore, drawings by: F.O.C. Darley, published in 1862

Besides this being a classic Christmas story, the illustrations in this edition are beautiful.

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In the age of e-mail and text messages, wouldn't it be neat for the child/children in your life to get a personal letter from Santa - post-marked from the North Pole?

You can write a personal response to your child's "Dear Santa" letter.

There is nothing like watching a child read a letter that they truly believe came from the fat man in the red suit.

You could even create some humorous Santa letters to send to friends and family who may be on Santa's "naughty" list.  Enclose a piece of coal for the ones who have been especially bad.

To learn more about creating these letters that will bring a smile to a child's face and joy to their heart CLICK HERE!