Table Talk: Holiday traditions, with food and family at the table
The holidays are about gathering with friends and family, with good meals as a centerpiece.
Topic: Christmas
RSSThere are 44 article(s) tagged Christmas:
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December 2024
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Greenstein: L’chayim — to life!
“I have often marveled how ‘L’chayim’ and Jewish prayers in general were written when my ancestors were persecuted. ... They still contended that life has infinite meaning and light can and must pierce the darkness. ”
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Echols: It’s all about time
“Whether too much or not enough or just the right amount, time is the thread running through every last tidbit of our human existence. ... And time is what this season of Advent is all about.”
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Calkins: The jolliest place in Memphis this season? It might be this UPS Store.
He may not be Santa, but Thermon Knighten runs the jolliest packing and shipping store this side of the North Pole. Not only that, he does weddings. At The UPS Store. How jolly is that?
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Narcisse: Christmas is not found under the tree; it is within us
Christmas is and must be within each of us lived out in our decisions, the daily decision to risk sharing of our life with another for the sake of our life together.
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Narcisse: Holidays bring a complex mix of emotions, memories and pressures
Joshua Henry Narcisse: This year I am a widower. And I am approaching these coming weeks with curiosity. I am interested to see what these hard and happy days will bring.
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Morris: ‘Mr. Scott, why do you care so much about Christmas?’
“I will admit I go overboard. It’s not exactly ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,’ but I try my best. And some of my yard decorations may not immediately lead you to think ‘Christmas.’”
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November 2024
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Gallery: Christmas time in the city
Kids and adults gathered Downtown Saturday for the Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting sponsored by the Downtown Memphis Commission. Photographer Ziggy Mack was there to capture the excitement.
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December 2023
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Narcisse: Advent’s light glows for brighter days
“Heading into a new year, where much ahead lies unknown, the discipline of waiting on the light to break through in our personal lives, and in our community, is a lesson not just for the final days of December, but for each day that is to come.”
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‘Christmas mullet’ house has traditional in the front, fun on the side
“There was that moment where my dad slapped me on the back and said: ‘She’s a beaut, Clark,’” said the mastermind behind the “Christmas mullet.”
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What’s open on Christmas Day, Christmas Eve in Memphis?
Here’s a list of local restaurants and bars that will be open on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25 in Memphis and the Mid-South. Plus, you’ll find some takeout meal and catering ideas for pre-ordering.
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Your guide to Memphis’ holiday pop-up bars
Here are a few holiday pop-up bars in the Memphis area that have decked the halls this year.
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Echols: Memphians share their Christmas memories
“I have asked some fellow lifelong Memphians who know all about the big city/small town nature of our home to share memories from the Christmases of their earliest years.”
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Sound Bites: Winter holiday food talk
On this week’s show, Natalie Van Gundy, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington talk about winter holiday foods, with an emphasis on sweets and grazing.
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Sleigh your holiday plans with this event guide
From lighting displays to Christmas parades, let our guide help you make the most of the holiday season. Plus, a reader shares her favorite latke recipe.
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November 2023
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Youth Villages begins annual Holiday Heroes drive
Holiday Heroes, the annual drive seeking money and donations for Youth Villages children at Christmas, kicks off this week.
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December 2022
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Conaway: Christmas time, together at table and memory
“Four generations of two families over five decades have spent Christmas Eve with us around this table.”
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Germantown finds a new Santa — right in its IT department
Germantown didn’t have to go all the way to the North Pole when the city’s official Santa Claus retired.
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Echols: ‘Nothing but a breath between us and the telephone poles’
“It wasn’t until I reached adulthood that I realized nothing that can be wrapped will fully satisfy. And if the stuff in the boxes — the stuff I flew up and down Poplar looking so frantically for — won’t satisfy, what will?”
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Morris: ‘Merry Christmas’ should not be political
“My saying ‘Merry Christmas’ makes some people see me as a conservative, Republican, older, evangelical Southerner. Most of those judgments don’t actually describe who I am.”
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November 2022
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Youth Villages ‘heroes’ bring holiday cheer to kids in need
Gift-givers can fulfill a child’s Christmas wish list through Youth Villages’ Holiday Heroes program.
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December 2021
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Conaway: A lot to ask of a cake
“It tastes like the year we got married. Like our first apartment. Our first house. It tastes like becoming parents. Like promotions. Like graduations. It tastes like celebration, and like eating half of it on the way home from the bakery with your fingers.”
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Conaway: Christmas time, different and the same every time
“Whatever your faith, whether you believe this is a time of anticipation and arrival, or of reflection or celebration, or of renewal or recognition — or all of those — I believe it’s a time to look inside to places only you can visit, to look at the paths traveled and at those who’ve shared the journey then and now, and to know, truly know, you are not alone.”
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Opinion: Holiday ornaments bring about memories of Christmases Past
The unwrapping of Christmas ornaments can send a person on a trail of holiday memories celebrating good times, family, friends and places we have visited.
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A ‘light’ touch: Where you can see impressive area holiday decorations
Where are some of the best holiday displays in Shelby County? We’ve got a map.
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