It's December 25, 2024. It's Christmas Day.

Once again, and for the ninth year in a row, we're getting together here on Christmas

Past one final time for the season to celebrate and reflect.

I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas. And I hope that wherever you are, and however you celebrate, and whoever you call family,

that you're feeling the spirit and all those tidings of comfort and joy.

Because it all led up to this.

The 2024 Christmas season was another one for the books, where we collectively wrote

the next chapter in the story of this celebration

that's been with us in one form or another since the fourth century.

And the big day is finally here.

I hope Santa was good to you.

I hope that you are able to keep the final rush relatively stress-free.

I hope that today you've got plans you're looking forward to.

And I hope that you'll be able to keep the Christmas

spirit going just a bit longer as the season winds down. But facts are facts. Starting tomorrow,

it's no longer Christmas, and Christmas of 2024 belongs to Christmas past. So let's take a look

back at the sights and sounds, the news and trends, and all the things

that made Christmas of 2024 what it was, and the stuff of future Christmas memories.

Speaking of which, let's have a Christmas memory.

Of course, there is no place like home for the holidays, but people move to new homes all

the time.

Mark in Texas knows something about that.

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