Thanksgiving is over and so is the first of the big fabulous holiday meals. Now we have the December festivities and a month long of more festive eating to look forward to. We’re very big on food at New York Parenting and in fact earlier in November sent out an e-blast to our subscribers with our staff member’s memories of their favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal. It was so interesting to reminisce and to share family holidays of long ago.
We would welcome any of your family eating stories by the way, and any recipes you might want to share with our readers. Enough said about food, at least for now. Why not become a subscriber to our newsletters? It’s easy, you just log on NYPar
We also have a number of articles and columns in this issue that address the pressures and realities of the December holidays from a parent point of view. But it’s not strictly light weight. We like to approach all angles regarding the parenting experience in a big city like NYC and there are some serious articles as well that may be risk taking and provocative. Time will tell.
In addition, our calendar reflects the great events that are going on around town and without a doubt there are many of them. Of course! This is New York! Every borough has great celebrations taking place throughout December. If you want to get the full picture, again, go to our website and see what’s going on around the whole city.
A personal recommendation, if you’ve never been there before, and don’t mind fighting the crowds, there are the amazingly decorated houses of Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Every year they go all out to create a magical world in their community and truthfully one has to wonder how, between the lights, the crowds, and the noises of the displays themselves, they get any sleep in these weeks before the new year.
The end of the year is a great time to give thanks and I certainly do. Most of all I’m thankful for my family, great friends, and for good health. I’m also grateful to have a job I enjoy and a staff of people to do it with who are all not only talented, but funny and entertaining. Thanks to our editorial staff, our art department, our distributors, and to our contributing writers. We are blessed to be able to do a job we can feel proud of at the end of the day. It is an honorable thing to be a parent and honorable for us too.
Happy holidays to all and thanks so much for reading.
