Susan Van Allen
3 min readDec 24, 2020

A Child’s Christmas in New Jersey

Memories of Angels, Fish, and Salute!

It’s a warm, sunny day in Hollywood — weather that still seems odd in December for this Jersey girl, and adds to an already unsettled feeling, amidst EVERYTHING ELSE. I close the curtains and curl up on the couch to gaze at the coffee table filled with a collection of Christmas stuff I’ve hauled in from the garage.

Susan Van Allen

Author of “100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go” and lots more about Italian travel, especially for women. www.susanvanallen.com