Article: CHATTING ABOUT THE MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS PAST.(Neighbors Madison)(Column)

Byline: MARIE VILLARI

Marge wants to set the record straight. My dear old friend (she's two weeks older than me) long ago accepted the fact that what you wish for isn't always what you get. Not that it was always a graceful transition, but then, is it ever?

But Margaret has always been a stickler for details, probably because, back in the day, she inflicted far less of an assault on her short-term memory cells than the rest of us. She not only claims knowledge of what we did, with whom and when, but what we were wearing at the time. Remember, she'll say, the blue velvet dress with the lace collar? And I won't, but I'll agree anyway; when I wished for a ...

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