A Letter from Laura (December 2022)

The secret to making a Christmas tree magical, tactics for managing holiday overwhelm, olives wrapped in cheddar pastry, and more...

The Christmas tree is here, propped up outside and waiting to be shuffled in and adorned. I’m going to enjoy decorating it, but it won’t be as fun and educational as it was back when my mother did it. She always made her trees into works of art, and not one ever took less than three days to dress up. First, the tree was left to relax, trimmed of excess …