With its music, food, films, television specials, and assorted festivities, Christmas remains a special season. This will sound cliched and sappy, but I always feel a charge or a spell in the air in the days and weeks leading up to Christmas Day.

Dear readers, I wish you a Merry Christmas and I hope that you enjoy the day with your family and friends. Follow and honor your traditions and be thankful for the gifts and joys of the day and the year.