Mom told my older brother and sister to let their little brother have one more year of believing. Could they be kind teenagers for Christmas?

We laugh now, all adults, over wine.

My brother died last year. My mother ruined Christmas for him when he was just 13 years old.

Chris Dehon is a child and adolescent psychologist living in upstate New York with his wife and daughter. Although he’s been in New York for nearly 10 years, he considers himself a New Orleanian for life.