The Christmas season is a time for traditions. Holiday parties, tree decorating, gift exchanges and religious services abound during December. The Journal Star Christmas Fund is a central Illinois ...

I am ashamed to say I’ve never written a message of my own. Until now. This year, I’m making a donation in honor of two special people whom I dearly miss: my late father and a late Journal ...

Miss Manners: I refuse to yield my Father’s Day rights to my selfish son-in-law Miss Manners: The wedding dinner is for couples only, but I can’t invite a dead man ...

I miss my dad most at the beach, in front of a platter of shrimp, and at Christmas. My own Christmas Village, a mere shelf on my windowsill, has not a single railway station or Superman’s ...

My dad loved cutting down our Christmas tree every year. ... We still get our tree at Nick's. A young family now shares the tradition, and this makes me miss my father a little less.

I miss my dad every day. I miss his sarcastic ability to deliver advice that also felt like a backhanded compliment. ... My dad died four years ago on Christmas Eve.

My father’s illness meant dinner on trays, a quiet day. I tried not to miss too much of the ... I have bought us matching silk pyjamas for Christmas morning – in a pattern my dad would have ...

But it also means the church, mass, the Christmas crib, choral music and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. This is my fourth Christmas without my father Johnny who died during Covid in the ...

My dad went missing ten years ago – I still make his fave Christmas meal & buy him presents in hope he’ll return home Every year, Courtney Vernon and her family have a glimmer of hope that her ...

My father and I watch dozens of Christmas movies every year. This time, I asked him why. ... I’d miss it, but I don’t know if I’d be sad about it. It’s about spending time.

The Christmas season is a time for traditions. Holiday parties, tree decorating, gift exchanges and religious services abound during December. The Journal Star Christmas Fund is a central Illinois ...