A few minor Christmas Day traditions

It’s hard for me to single out one Christmas that somehow stands above all others in terms of memorable events.

I’ve had a lot of great Christmases. My younger years focusing on “the haul” coming from family and Santa Claus, while the Christmas celebrations as I got older focused more on the gathering of friends and family, but no single Christmas stands out as the ultimate Christmas in my mind. Instead, there are a few things that crop up during multiple celebrations that have come to define Christmas.

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