The idea of coming out of winter into brighter days has its appeal. It is the celebrations surrounding a particular day that I never fully grabbed. In my childhood, New Year’s Eve was nothing, and New Year’s Day was marked with a family dinner inevitably consisting of turnip greens, black-eyed peas, and the once-a-year hog jowl – you know, for health, wealth and happiness.
It’...
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