CHRISTMAS 1968

Christmas 1968 – La Mancha
It was not your Yuletide season of lore. A very non-Dickensian tropical warmth filled the small candlelit alcove. Dinner for two at a cozy corner table accented with a paper cut-out of Santa. The usual permeating Christmas music was mercifully replaced by the hot/cool sounds of Brazil 66, Eddie Palmieri, Jose [...]

CHRISTMAS 1958

Christmas 1958 – Longwood, Florida
The tree loomed in the back corner of the living room like a huge hunchback huddled beneath the low ceiling of our new suburban Florida home.  Humidity condensation on the jalousie windows gave the impression of winter frost, but outside the lawn was the usual brown and pale green of the [...]