Carmella was still smiling to herself as she put away the movie. She remembered watching "A Christmas Story" every year on Christmas day—she and her brother Keenan pretended to be too old for it but with no fail they watched it all day as the television kept it on continuous loop—and she continued that tradition even afterwards when she and Jody had started their own family.

Maybe this was a tradition that she, Bilal and Raj could start. Carmella paused as she realized ...