Surrounding the door, you'll find charming holiday touches—tiny gifts, snow-dusted trees, and even a sprinkle of glittering snow. This captures the joy and warmth of Christmas in miniature form.

A feeling of childlike giddiness about the Christmas present my bride and I gave each other this year must say something about the stage in life we have reached. That gift? A new storm door.

And with that, when it came time to exchange gifts on Christmas Day, we opened ours by opening the front door and taking a look through a full-view storm door. Alan D. Miller is a former Dispatch ...