I would be fibbing if I said Christmas was my favorite holiday. That would have to be Easter. A holiday largely based on pagan fertility rituals? I am so there! It also doesn't hurt that my birthday coincides with Easter every so often. But the winter holiday season is still a very special time for my family, for multiple reasons.
My husband Izzy and I met over Thanksgiving week in 1991, and got involved (i.e. started fucking) during winter break that year. (We met when his roommate, with whom I was having a holiday fling, brought me home to spend the night…
This article appears in Dec 23-29, 2010.