WASHINGTON -- The massive, multimillion-dollar security operations for the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics are being adjusted in light of recent breaches such as the attempted Christmas Day bombing

Because it’s such a special holiday, we often try to spend Christmas with friends and family. After spending a few enjoyable holiday seasons with our loved ones, the memories of such good times build up, both in number and in stature, in our minds.

It’s the most profitable time of the year. Well, normally that is. Even after slashing room rates and offering deals coupling rooms and lift passes, Telluride came out short of the near-full occupancy numbers the town is used to seeing over Christmas.

Molly Shapiro gets in the holiday spirit by hanging ornaments on a Christmas tree in Zia Sun on Thursday morning. Shapiro, 10, was helping out in the store while on her holiday break. [photo by Brian Kozak]

Members and guests of the Brazosport Association of Retired Teachers recently attended the group’s annual Christmas luncheon. The event was hosted by First Presbyterian Church Lake Jackson. The church’s pastor, the Rev. Dr. Alan P. Trafford, was guest speaker.