This Christmas jazz playlist has all the classics, in instrumental arrangements ideal for tree trimming, cookie baking, present opening, or relaxing by the fire.

The first Saturday of the Christmas season and we were savoring the season’s first snowfall, and cooking a buttery seafood casserole for a festive dinner for two.

October has brought the chill I’ve been waiting for, an excuse to light the first indoor fire of the season, and fill the house with the warm aromas of roasting chicken and apple pie.