WINNING LETTER
THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR
I was already planning Christmas and holiday times with childlike excitement in October – still a bit into the future but every new day brought the time closer to when I would gather all my children and grandchildren under my roof again! The enjoyment of the planning breeds happiness and helps me to recall memories of my own childhood Christmases: the hustle and bustle of cleaning the house from top to bottom, the wonderful aromas and preparation of food and my Mom moving with invisible wings on her feet through the aromatic house. There was always music – classical, Christmas, Frank Sinatra singing , ‘Dashing through the snow, on
