If you are a parent, chances are that you have said something to the effect of: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all.” It’s a lesson that we learn early in life and try to teach our children as soon as they have the ability to string recognizable ...

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 ...

A Christmas Story is one of my favorite Christmas movies. I know a lot of people think that the story is overly dramatic, but I don’t. I remember when I was that age, and I was that overly dramatic. For Ralphie, it was a Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock. It was ...