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What do you have when you gather together 37 dozen tamales, a woman named Kathi Mendez dressed in a Santa suit, a six-foot tall elf named Lee Hill, 29 families and 57 children who need toys? The most joyous event of the holidays this season—the Toy Giveaway.

Majestically sitting 2,135 feet above the sea level of the Mediterranean, Madrid gloriously holds the record of the highest capital in Europe. This stunningly beautiful city greets the traveler like a long-lost relative. Claiming “the next best place after Madrid is heaven,” the city has a way of really making the foreigner feel at home.

Macey Mitchell: Macey Mitchell, from Christopher High School in Gilroy, is one of more than 700 high school cheerleaders and dancers from across the United States who will perform in the London New Year's Day Parade.

During the 13 years I’ve worked at St. Louise Regional Hospital, I’ve met a lot of community members, including the patient who recently told me that I conducted her ultrasound exam when she was pregnant with her son, who is now 13 years old. I was touched that she remembered me.

Today is a very special day for my family because it would have been my mom's 70th birthday. There is no doubt we miss her, but we are able to connect with her through a few favorite recipes. This week, I pay a special tribute to my mom and share what is quite possibly her most widely beloved recipe and how it has evolved.

It's the morning after Christmas and like most mornings, I'm sipping coffee and reading the paper. What makes this morning different than the other 364 is that lingering fragments of gift wrap are still visible and a number of half-eaten candy canes remain. The dog is having a field day locating snacks the grandkids left behind.

It’s the holidays and for most of us that means food. Weird food. Oh, fine, turkey, ham, even green bean casserole aren’t that weird. But there are some things we consume around the holidays that frankly make me question the taste buds of people in the South Valley and all over America.

Morgan Hill artist Susan Graeser started out painting store windows with Christmas designs. As she became more popular, she began to paint designs for a variety of holidays, including Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Fourth of July and Halloween.

I'm sure most of us are familiar with them: men, women, even children, neatly dressed, often carrying a briefcase or satchel full of literature. They ring doorbells and politely offer to share the Word of God with the residents who answer.