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2023/09/10 Report

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Am I an expert on all things Christmas? Absolutely not.

But, I do have the life experience of 50 years backing me on the topic.

I also had a mother who made Christmas a magical time of year for me.

I grew up loving it. Anticipated it. And, after all this time ~ I still do.


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As I contemplated the upcoming Christmas season, I thought of Mom. As a young married woman, she didn’t live just next door to me.

Instead, she lived in another country (Me in Canada. She in Montana, USA) 4,000 miles away. I missed her terribly when it was time to cook my first turkey dinner and steam the first batch of pudding.

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