Dedication

This book is about family, love and all the quirks and idiosyncrasies associated. My father’s side of the family is Serbian, which means I’m half-Serbian, and writing this book feels a long time in coming. I remember having three Christmases as a kid—Christmas Eve with one family, Christmas Day with the other, and Serbian Christmas (Hristo se Rodi). There are so many traditions that stayed with me through the years, and even though most of my “Covics” have passed on, the customs stayed with me. And so this book is dedicated to my Serbian side of the family.