At the La Defense Christmas Market, everyone was singing and dancing and glad to be alive (including me) – and I had an Alsatian Meat Fest for dinner.

Simple things, simple pleasures, treasures of the season – that’s what it’s all about.

In addition to being delicious, these Christmas cookies are easy and to make with kids.

Because there aren’t enough pictures of cats in the world, especially cats at Christmas, here are a few from our archive.

Each year, memories fly out of these treasures like dust motes in the light and gently come to rest on me.

A “dressed up for Christmas” photo of a Sandman from Pass Christian, Mississippi.

A Charlie Brown tree all alone in a hallway between terminals is full of holiday spirit and pluck.

Thanksgiving means food and family and fun, and I enjoy the process of getting ready for it. Check out some of the Glover Gardens standards.