Before Elf on the Shelf, We Had Aunt Carol and the Fancy Napkins: What christmas used to be like

You didn’t need a list on the fridge. Nobody wrote them down. But we all knew the rules.Especially at Christmas. They weren’t rules in the strict sense — more like little rituals passed from Grandma’s hands to Mom’s apron to our quietly watching eyes. And though they varied slightly from house to house, across the … Read more