When the leaves go from green to red, it seems fitting that my Spotify playlists should match. I added the first few Christmas songs to my most recent playlist in mid-October, because there’s no such thing as a time too early to listen to Christmas music. Streaming Christmas music should depend on when you’re thinking...
I’ve never missed a class at Hillsdale College for sickness, or for any other insignificant reason, but I’ll take my first unexcused absence next week. But that’s the only way I can make it home for Thanksgiving. The 850-mile trip to New Hampshire requires 14 hours of driving. I’ve got to start before the holiday...
As soon as the clock strikes 12 on Nov. 1, stores around the world replace candy corn with candy canes, costumes with Christmas trees, and boring pop songs with the beautiful crooning of Michael Bublé’s “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” While the coming of Christmas brings joy and happiness to many, it...
Christmas music should wait at least until after Thanksgiving. If you listen to Christmas carols any sooner, you probably spell the holiday “Xmas” because you’ve lost all serious appreciation for the season. I would not have written this article except for a disturbing incident at A.J.’s Cafe on Nov. 2. We had just celebrated Halloween....
If you’re planning to enjoy turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce this Thanksgiving, you can thank President Abraham Lincoln and Sarah Josepha Hale, author and journalist Melanie Kirkpatrick said in a lecture on campus on Tuesday. Kirkpatrick is the former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and a senior fellow at the...