MISSOURIANA

The problem with saving Christmas wrapping paper year after year is that when you really need it, you can't remember where you stored it.

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For many families, the busiest time of the holidays is the day after Christmas when all the gifts have to be returned or exchanged.

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Two of the most popular gifts for the holiday are socks and fruitcake. Not that you want either one, but at least you don't have to spend any time worrying about whether to exchange them.

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Today's young generation who grew up in the age of television isn't absolutely certain whether St. Nicholas is Santa Claus or Jimmy Stewart.

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The nation's national newsmagazines would have us believe that the most significant event of 1997 was the death of Princess Diana. And many Americans will.

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A state legislative panel suggests the mayor of St. Louis run the city's school system. The logic of that is unassailable: If population migration continues at the present level, by the year 2010 he won't have anything else to do.