NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016
THE HOLIDAY ISSUE
contents
Features
Departments
BRAG BOOK p.8
Cute kids and lots of them
BULLETIN BOARD p.6
New and noteworthy
CALENDAR p.74
Upcoming events
CRAFTS p.20
Handmade wrapping paper
DINING GUIDE p.72
Family-friendly restaurants
DO-GOODER p.24
Drs. Jamie Diament-Golub and Jon Golub
FUN FOOD p.18
Nutritious snacks
HEALTH p.22
Setting up a healthy hygiene routine
HOME p.64
Holiday décor
KIDS’ CORNER p.12
Isabel Faherty, Ridgewood
LISTS p.10
8 ways to teach tots gratitude
MOM TO MOM p.80
Voting is another step in the voyage
toward adulthood
NEAT STUFF p.16
Organizing holiday wrapping supplies
PARTY TIME p.70
Annual Ridgewood ornament swap
puts new spin on tree trimming
SOCIAL SCENE p.68
32 Bundle of Joy
WCBS-TV Morning News anchor and
Mahwah native Chris Wragge and his
wife, Sarah, muse on parenthood
Adopting children with special needs
SPORTS p.62
Dumont’s Kyle Schellberg
rolls with it on the lanes
28 The Season of Giving
STYLE p.14
36 The Chance to Dance
Special
Advertising
Sections
(201) Family’s picks for the perfect
holiday gifts
Hackensack’s Blossom Sisters Dance
keeps underprivileged children on
their toes
ON THE COVER: Chris and Sarah Wragge
with newborn son, Christian Price Wragge II
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANNE-MARIE CARUSO
FASHION STYLING BY HEATHER ZWAIN
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Recent community events
SPECIAL PARENT p.26
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 | (201) FAMILY
Christmas jewelry; menorahs
EDITOR’S NOTE
I
love the
holidays, I
always have.
From my
earliest days of
walking along
Paramus Road
in late autumn to
pick up pinecones
that had fallen from the giant trees
to make decorations, I remember
the holidays with fondness.
I remember my mother and
grandmother sitting in the kitchen,
breaking up all of the bread into
pieces to make stuffing for the turkey.
I remember the turnips (I love them!),
the mashed potatoes, the Brussels
sprouts, and even the chestnuts that
my mother would roast in the oven.
I was never much for the canned
cranberry sauce, but oh how my five
siblings fought over it. Then, of course,
there was the homemade apple pie.
My mother never seemed to master
the art of the bottom crust, but we
loved it just the same.
I was a kid in the 1960s. I watched
A Charlie Brown Christmas when it
first aired. I wore a stocking cap and
pea coat and walked to the Ridgewood
Duck Pond with my ice skates. We had
a fake tree that was showered with
lights and garlands from Christmas
City in Paramus. My parents would
wake us up at dawn on Christmas
morning with the big movie camera
lights blinding us as we attacked our
piles of presents.
Each of us has special memories
of the holidays – from Thanksgiving
to Hanukkah, to Christmas and
New Year’s, even to the Epiphany,
which signals the end of the season.
No matter which of the holidays
you celebrate, they have one very
important thing in common. They all
revolve around one thing – family.
From all of us at (201) Family, we
wish you a happy and joyful holiday
season. ●
TOP DOCTORS p.39
TOP DENTISTS p.49
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE p.35
AMELIA DUGGAN
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