The Stories Behind Every Recipe at Christmas

Christmas is a time for family, both the one you are born into and the ones you choose. Christmas at our house is a time of giving thanks, plenty, togetherness and love, and in earlier days, hordes of visitors. From mid morning to late night, we were greeting and being greeted, and sharing our safely hoarded treats with our non-christian friends.

As a military family for several generations, every Christmas could be in a different place, and the various makings of traditional treats may or may not have been available. So we began shopping and sending…