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Understanding Christmases Past and Joyfully Smudging in The New Year

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?

I can’t remember how many Christmases my brother would pull an Irish exit after our older sister had done or said something to upset him. He would abruptly leap up, gather his family’s belongings and toss them into their vehicle while his wife frantically dressed their two young children in winter coats. Then in a […]