Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely. – Frank McCourt
We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely. – Frank McCourt
The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice. – Frank McCourt
The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher. – Frank McCourt
Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, its usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is fairy lights, which we boringly refer to as Christmas lights. – Sloane Crosley