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The countdown continues until Christmas arrives. If it were a race, we’d be in the home stretch. So, what’s in store for us in this final week and two days?

We asked readers for their favorite holiday music and books from childhood. See the full list on Boston.com.

An Encouraging Word: ‘Twas the day after Thanksgiving

Imagine or remember, if you can, Christmas without computers. Think of a time without the Internet, no Wal-Mart or Amazon Prime. Hearken back to a world without shopping malls, department store credit cards or Black Friday sales. Imagine or remember Christmas when I was a boy. In those distant days of my childhood, Christmas shopping required but one trip to town, just days before the holiday, not weeks or months. North Springfield’s Commercial Street was a fascinating milieu of aromatic tobacco shops, clothing stores, shoe shops, hardware stores, dime stores, drug stores and more. Our f...

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