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 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.

This is my fourth Christmas without my father Johnny who died during Covid in the summer of 2020 at 80 years of age and I still miss him terribly.

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 ...

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 ...

I stopped celebrating Christmas when my youngest was 5 – my kids spend holiday with their dad & I don’t miss them at all Read on to find out why Harriet, 53, relishes being child-free over the ...