“Christmas cookies can't help but be retro - they are memory first, sug...” — Dana Goodyear Quote

“Christmas cookies can't help but be retro - they are memory first, sugar-flour-egg-redhot-gumdrop-sparkle reality second.”

“I developed my taste for coffee at five, staying with my grandmother in Connecticut.”

“If this is the end of the world, give me a fork and a knife.”

“The whole Christmas story was probably a later addition to the gospel narratives, presented only by the authors of Matthew and Luke. Mark and John seem never to have heard of the manger in Bethlehem, the Massacre of the Innocents, the hovering star, the three wise men, and so forth.”

“It may be a cliche, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.”

“Everybody loves a good Christmas song if you do it right.”