Sadly, this hectic and somewhat rushed season we collectively call “The Holidays’’ is rapidly drawing to a close. It’s been a whirlwind couple of months packed with parties, parades, football and ...

I posed that question a year or so ago. It wasn’t meant to be introspective: i.e., “Santa Claus is all of us." Nor was it meant to be taken spiritually: “Santa Claus is the embodiment of the spirit of ...