Anything my sister cooked was good. On Christmas morning, she always served ham and fried apples, with the most delicious seasoning.

Country ham is baked whole, usually with a glaze, sometimes studded with cloves, and served as the centerpiece of Christmas and Easter feasts.

“Christmas, in its final essence, is for grown people who have forgotten what children know. Christmas is for whoever is old enough to have denied the unquenchable spirit of man."”

Potatoes are like apples: think of the difference between Macs and Golden Delicious.

Our result would not be, 'Thou shall eat only red delicious apples.' Eat those apples which most appeal to you.

I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!