For better or worse, Christmas is a time for memories,family traditions kept or lost. This week I was able to resurrect one my mother always had. She'd tape the Christmas cards along the edges of the door frames and before long we had instant decoration greeting us as we passed from room to room. Alas I was always too practical to muck up my door frames with tape and other "solutions" never seemed to work. This year I looked at my white door frame in our tiny hallway and lamented to my husband (the wonderful one, remember) that I wished I could hang the cards up like my mother did so we could see them better and enjoy them more. He considered cork, adhesive, post-it note tape, but finally said, "Just do it. We can always touch up the paint after Christmas if we need to." So now I have this door frame filled with bright cards.(And yes, some have more than one tape strip holding them up.) It serves as another happy memory of childhood Christmases and a lovely reminder of family and friends. I confess I have sent out fewer cards myself this year, sent email greetings and a Face Book post. Yet I love the cards and the emotions they evoke. Now to my website visitors I leave this sorry excuse for a greeting card: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. And Happy Hannakah too. May all holidays be merry and bright, filled with love and light and pleasant memories that we'll hold on to forever.