All her life she'd fantasized about a perfect Christmas celebration. When she finally tried to plan one, Lisa Kudrow found that it was worse to give than to receive.
“Nightmare Before Christmas,” by Lisa Kudrow, was originally published in the December 1998 issue of Vogue. For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia newsletter here. As it is for many children, Xmas was my favorite of all holidays. But because my family is Jewish, we didn't celebrate it. Multicolored glowing lights were, I decided, the most beautiful adornment for a home.
Now he had four gifts to open! They were different shapes and they all had different wrapping paper! Michel knew that 'real' Jews don't do the Xmas thing, so he thought that this was just a birthday celebration that happened to be on Xmas Eve and in a hotel. I couldn't wait to see his face when I pulled out all the Xmas gifts or when his fancy Xmas food got there.
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