Cranberry Jello
Cranberry sauce with turkey is great. The red berries add a festive splash of colour to a plate of turkey at any time. But you can dress up even your…
Christmas Song
Eighty years ago my grandfather, Charles Hercules Burwell, wrote this Christmas song. My mother said that, in November 1941, she spent the evening before her wedding getting her dad's copy…
Corrie Street 24 Dec. 2017
Pelznickel Roy Cropper was a complete flop as the community centre Santa - or Pelznickel as he chose to costume himself. The scenes of him in the café, for me,…
Corrie Street Jan. 10/16
Christmas Again It was like having another Christmas this week, the perfect one you dream of. Sleigh bells ring, snow is glistening. It was way better than visiting Santa's village…
Home for the Holidays
Don’t give a dog as a Christmas present. At least not as a spur of the moment gift. But if you are planning to get a dog anyway, why not?…
Corrie Street Jan. 4/15
Naughty and Nice Santa Claus is coming to town. And he's going to blow Kylie's world apart. Happy Yuletide season for the Platts is over. Across from the Platts' house,…
Corrie Street Jan. 12/14
Snow for Christmas It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank An old man said to me, won’t see another one And then he sang a song, the Rare…
Mom, Christmas Postie
In the early '60s, my mother worked at London’s postal sorting station during the Christmas rush. It was for a few weeks when the volume of mail overwhelmed the sorting…
The Christmas Gift
This Christmas, I got lots of nice presents but my favourite is a list of stores written on a scrap of paper. It’s about the gift that didn’t happen, but…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 17/10)
Molly's Turkey Molly pulls the Christmas turkey out of the oven. The pan tips and the turkey slides out on the floor. Oh, the poor girl. I haven’t had a…