Eggnog gets the nod.

Whipping up an old-fashioned eggnog is easy.

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Read more about the colonial tradition of eggnog [here]. The story by Jeff Westover begins . . .


Christmas of 1826 was snowy, cold and lonely for the cadets of West Point. Though called "men," they were really teenage boys -- some as young as 17 -- and they wanted to celebrate Christmas. Young Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederate States of America, was amongst them. [read more]


*** Photo from mymerrychristmas.com.