Attics stuffed with ceramic villages and faded ornaments tell a quiet story of clashing holiday visions. Baby Boomers hoard ...

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"It's loud!" says Martina Gieske, an only child who married into a family of 14 siblings. "It took me a few years to memorize all the names." Hanging 104 Christmas stockings on a fireplace mantle is ...

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Merry Christmas. And you're welcome. No need to thank us — the people of North Jersey and the Lower Hudson Valley — for inventing Christmas as everyone knows it. Santa, reindeer, letters to the North ...

Temperatures will be mild and we'll see off and on rain through Christmas. Temperatures will be mild and we'll see off and on rain through Christmas. Temperatures ...

While everyone else’s stockings are hung with care, Mom’s is often the last to be filled — if it’s filled at all. Why? For many families, moms are the magic makers of the holidays, but so often their ...

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