I was born in 1980 — barely. Arriving in mid-December, I showed up for the last two weeks of the year. Perhaps quite naturally, I developed an abiding affinity for the cultural trappings of ...

This season's first airing of "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" came just a day before news that original cast member Bob McGrath died on Dec. 4 at age 90 — and we've already watched the special ...