Christmas

The Power of Christmas Memories: Deborah Raffin’s Sharing Christmas

Bill Thompson

Everyone has memories of the Christmas season Some of those memories are warm and loving, others are troubled or sad

But all have stories to tell. And in 1990, TV and film actress Deborah Raffin published a collection of Christmas memories from a variety of celebrities and noted personalities.

Her book Sharing Christmas reveals that good, bad, or sad, everyone has powerful Christmas memories.

So here now, from 1990, Deborah Raffin.

Deborah Raffin died in 2012 from cancer period she was 59Deborah raffin died in 2012 from cancer. She was 59.

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From Political Thrillers to Christmas Romance: David Baldacci’s Uncommon Bestseller

Bill Thompson

Author David Baldacci is best known for Suspenseful political thrillers. But about 20 years ago he was inspired to write a very different kind of book.

It was a book inspired by his own experience on a long train trip

The Christmas Train is about a writer, not unlike Baldacci, who takes a train trip that will change his life. Hallmark turned it into a TV movie in 2017 starring Dermot Mulroney.

If you like Christmas, if you like trains, this may be just the book for you to read over the holidays.

So here now, from 2002, David Baldacci.

David Baldacci is 63, and lives in Virginia. He has written nearly four dozen books for adults and several for young readers.

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What I Learned from Martha Stewart About Celebrating Christmas in Style

Bill Thompson
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Just a few more days until Christmas. But if you haven’t gotten the house ready yet or the dinner planned?

Well, who knows more about planning for a holiday celebration than Martha Stewart.?

Well, all right. Lots of people probably know more but she’s perhaps the most famous entertainment planner.

Perhaps the most fun interview I ever had with her was in the fall of 1993, not long before Christmas that year when we talked about her book Martha Stewart’s Christmas. And we also talked about her business empire. Her TV show had just premiered a few weeks earlier.

So here now, from 1993. Martha Stewart.

Martha Stewart is 82 now. She lives in New York.

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