Some of my fondest childhood memories of Christmas are those of my brother, sister and me baking Christmas cookies with our mother. We’d all end up covered in flour and frosting, the kitchen would be a mess and the cookies never came close to resembling the perfectly-decorated confections featured on the pages of Mom’s favorite [...]

But Susan, you say, Why would I be worried about making Christmas dinner more ‘festive’? It’s a family tradition my kids are sick on Christmas, my in-laws are staying with us for a week, I have to work Christmas Eve, and I’ve promised the maid the week off, ha ha. What I’m worried about is [...]