“As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.”

“As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.”

“Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn't have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood.”

“I was 23 when I learned how to cook; I grew up around the same time. It was precisely then that Thanksgiving started to mean something more. Growing up, Christmas was always about me, and eventually you, when I finally started to enjoy the giving part. But Thanksgiving is always about us.”

“As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.”

“The idea being that if I was so incredibly small, then I could do almost anything, because what impact would I have, really? What damage could be done, being so puny in the big scheme?”