It’s Christmas day, and as the kids grumble about the gifts they didn’t receive, you’re in the kitchen, surrounded by the sharp aroma of minced onions while completing the repetitive task of removing the thick, robust skin of the potatoes. The kitchen is filled with the pungent and sweet fragrance of herbs as the flavors ...

Christmas is so overrated. Make sure to disband all merry making and refuse to participate in any of the family and friend activities.

I love the Christmas movies, especially National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. I could relate to that movie, as Griswold wanted the perfect family Christmas dinner. I mean, that’s what I wanted too.  I was enlisted in the Navy and stationed at the Royal Airforce Base (RAF) in Scotland. I met a Marine whom I married in July, and ...