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The holidays are all about spending time with the people we care about. For those looking to level up their Christmas celebrations this year, there are a number of exciting holiday vacation packages available right now.

Front: Infant Julia Brynn Aldridge, great great grandmother Barbara Archer. Back (L to R): Great grandfather Michael Beckett, grandmother Patricia Watts, mother Hanna Aldridge.

The turkey trot is a holiday tradition celebrated by many and loathed by others. If you don’t want to don your running shoes and run a 5K this Thanksgiving, Coffee Mate has your back. The company is offering a special “$5K to Skip the 5K Sweepstakes” for those willing to take the pledge.

Q. My daughter is 13. Her mother and I have not been together for years. I am supposed to see her every other weekend, plus other times that can be arranged. I have always wanted my daughter to visit because she wanted to. I didn’t want to make her. When she calls and tells me she has something else she wants to do, I always say, “That’s fine.” But, recently, she has been saying that more and more, and it’s been two months since we have done anything. What’s good ex-etiquette?

Dear Answer Angel Ellen: Help! I have a (splurge) soft-sided Hammitt Oliver tote that has been sitting for a while in the fancy “dust bag” for storage that came with it. (I know, insert eye roll here.) Now the outside of the tote is wrinkled and I’m at a loss on how to get the wrinkles out. Any suggestions?

NONFICTION: A breezy, entertaining look at the similarities between two artistic greats, a 19th-century Brit and a 20th-century Minnesotan.

I met her at a function for young children at our church. Unlike the other parents who dropped off their kids and came back later to pick them up, this young mom stayed and waited.

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. Many people who have relatives with this disease worry that it may run in the family.

PHILADELPHIA — An antibiotic that is commonly prescribed to kids is in low supply in pharmacies nationwide amid a surge of respiratory illness that is filling up children’s hospitals. Parents are struggling to fill amoxicillin prescriptions for their sick kids, causing frustration as they visit multiple pharmacies.

When you’re at the mall or on a hike, there’s usually a map somewhere with an “X” that says, “You are here.” If you’re a smoker, you may be at the point where you want to stop, but need a guide for how to get from the “here” of smoking to the “there” of not smoking.