EDITORIAL: Holiday Memories Are About The WHO, NOT the Where, When, or Whats

December 11, 2025 ·

LW Ghost

The Osborn Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights in Disney's Hollywood Studios - Photo Credit: Follow The Bradleys' Fun

Tis the season to be jingling and all that fa-la-la-la-lah-ing is in there somewhere, too. We all treasure these times of family, feasting, ending one year and renewing the promise of the next new one, and no matter our particular faith, creed, or traditions, it is a good bet that more family photos are taken, more recipes exchanged, more laughter heard and more loving embraces enjoyed now that at any other time of the year.

And that is GOOD and PROPER and RIGHT.

But now something has changed, and I think it needs to be addressed: LOTS of us have a LOT of those memories at theme parks and tourism destinations where the disparate parts of families, friendships, colleagues and chums gathered together and, well, that’s become a lot harder to do.

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Author: LW Ghost

LW Ghost is a writer, director, producer, designer, and former officer and contract negotiator within the entertainment guilds and a contributor on many of the shows you recall with vivid detail. Mr. Ghost now enjoys retirement and writes, when so inclined, about all things modern and past Hollywood on back, front, and even sidelots he once roamed. Having grown up literally with Disneyland, he has now decamped the SoCal madness and resides in the not-quite-so-mysterious Southeast. He shares the philosophy about attention and fame of his namesake seen in the photo who famously advised "Stay out of the spotlight--it'll fade your suit." SOCIAL MEDIA: X: http://x.com/TPPNewsNetwork YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatPodPlace Patreon: www.Patreon.com/LewsViews