“I Opted Out of Christmas This Year — And My Son Didn’t See What Was Coming”

to being obeyed. “Oh, and maybe fewer candles this year,” she added, finally glancing up for just a moment. “My brother’s daughter gets headaches from scented things. Maybe you could do more lights outside instead. You know, the white ones, not the colored ones—they look classier.”

She said it the way a supervisor might instruct an employee, with the continue reading …