“When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I’m feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things and then I don’t feel so bad.” – From The Sound of Music.

Here are a few of my holiday favorites:

Seeing my adult son’s eyes still light up when the Christmas Angel sits atop the tree and blinks.

Any picture of a goofy dog with a Santa hat or Reindeer antlers.

Torrone (Italian candy).

Manhattan Transfer singing Silent Night.

Christmas Eve seafood mélange.

The smell of a live tree in the house.

Singing “Snuffy The Black Nosed Beagle.”

Christmas 1992 when our family went to see “A Few Good Men.”

Your list will look a lot different from mine but you may want to check it twice, because doing so will fill you with sugarplums and spice.

Merry Christmas!

John