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 ...

My dad loved to host people, to entertain; now he was doing it for The Village — with a suspected population north of 5,000. He loved it deeply, so while it was easy to tease him, it was also ...

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 ...

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.

So from me, and my father, I wish you a very merry Christmas. And remember, be careful what you say about Santa. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAVID MARCUS.

Dear Miss Manners: My brother-in-law just informed us, very last-minute, that he’s coming to our house for Christmas. Whenever he visits, he sleeps until around 10. My husband and I have three ...

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 ...

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.

Miss Manners: I refuse to yield my Father’s Day rights to my selfish son-in-law Travel Troubleshooter: A ‘small scratch’ on my rental — and now a $1,800 bill. Do I have to pay?

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 ...

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 ...