ILEANA JOHNSON

As far as I can remember, Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations were depressing for kids unless it snowed heavily and they could go sled...

On December 6, all children waited anxiously the arrival of Saint Nicholas, the old, bearded  man with ragged clothes. Everyone put their sh...

As my Christmases become more senescent, I think more about the fact that God only gives us so many Christmases to celebrate if we live the ...

Fishing Pier on the Maryland side  Photo: Ileana Johnson It’s a chilly but sunny day in late December. Christmas rush finally passe...

Photo: Ileana Johnson   Christmas was my Dad bringing home proudly a scraggly fir with sparse branches - fragrant with the smell of win...

My husband and I visited Paris for ten days around Christmas and New Year seventeen years ago. It was blustery and drizzling the whole tim...

Wikipedia photo I recently met a young couple giddy with the jubilant spirit of Christmas. It was a rare encounter as Christmas traditio...

Two of the strongest memories from my early childhood are the muddy yards and roads soaked into deep ruts by rivers of steady pouring rain...

Sheep Grazing outside Grandma's village Photo: Ileana Johnson 2015 Last week I gave away at the nursing home dozens of socks wrapp...

Caroling in Romania, 1841 Photo: Wikipedia Christmas was my Dad bringing home proudly a scraggly fir with sparse branches - fragrant wit...

1881 Thomas Nast depiction of Santa Claus Photo credit: Wikipedia The Christmas tradition of gift-giving is tied by many to the Wise Me...

The atheist minority in this country is challenging everything the majority holds dear in their traditions, faith, and beliefs in order to...