Alicia: “More, because we have another baby.”
Tripp: “Probably more.”
Alicia: “And we have an older child who will remember Christmas this year.”
Alicia and Tripp Smallwood
“I’m going to try to maintain and spend about the same as last year. It’s hard. The kids get older and you spend a little bit more.”
Julie Spearin
“I tend to be more creative. I think quality counts more than quantity. So I think I’ll spend about the same and try to make as many gifts as I can.”
Esther Graff-Radford
“I’m going for the same. Buy what feels right.”
Laurie Baird
“I’m feeling very generous. I’m going to spend more this year. And I’m going to spend more in Brookhaven!”
Theresa Simonetto
“I would say more. We have a new grandchild.”
Glen Fuse
Poet, musician and artist Kodac Harrison retired as the host of the long-running Java Monkey Speaks open mic on Sunday night. A standing-room only crowd watched as Harrison performed music and poems as he passed the hosting torch to award-winning poet Theresa Davis. The coffee house has hosted the poetry open mic every Sunday night for more than 15 years.
Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.
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