December Will Be Magic Again

The hardest things about Christmas for me will likely always be twofold. First, a couple of decades in retail took most of the shine off the season, and especially the music. It's been a few years now, since I had my six-day work-weeks and dragged my butt home on Christmas Eve super-late (because it was …

Holiday Reads (Part One)

Okay, yesterday I fell short of my "try to post something positive once a day through December leading up to Christmas" goal, and I'm not going to let myself beat myself up about that. It wasn't a great day, that happens, and when my husband suggested we go see The Arrival, I jumped at the …

Keeping Christmas Tales Shiny and New

I love tales retold cleverly. For a very long time, though, I was not one who loved Christmas in a traditional sense. Especially not the carols and stories that I got to hear over, and over, and over. There's only so many times you can hear about that little Drummer Boy before you want to …