I celebrated Christmas with my girlfriend this year, and we had a wonderful day together – exchanging gifts, cooking a turkey together, conversing about how we celebrated Christmas as children, watching “Scrooge” on video, and playing Scrabble (I won). She loves Christmas, and her place is festooned with a tree, ornaments, Christmas dinnerware, Christmas cards, and other decorations. While helping cook dinner I noticed her “Christmas Memory Book.” In it she’s recorded her past Christmases, what she gave and received, who she celebrated with, what she did. What a great thing! Over the years most of my Christmas memories have gotten vague. Sure, once in a while something will spark a memory, but I’ve had no system for holding onto them. So now’s the time to start a new holiday tradition – recording the memories and blessings of the holiday! I feel richer already.