CentralMaine Sunday

J.P. Devine reflects on what Christmas is all about.

When you live long enough, J.P. Devine says, your pockets are full of Christmas stories like the shoe fund for actors who only have sneakers.

Recalling how his brother Kermit loved tinsel, J.P. Devine hears whispers of the past.

Christmas memories and a surprise spring forth from a box containing yellowing songbooks with the “standards," J.P. Devine says.

Ribbon-cutting ceremonies are a reminder of the happy, bright future ahead for the living, as well as the shadows of the past, J.P. Devine says.

An old family photo has J.P. Devine reminiscing about coal, too many potatoes and a pony.

Leaning into his feminine side, J.P. Devine has developed an insane passion for neatness.

Waterville is looking more and more like a bustling city, but it is lacking statues of iconic local personalities, J.P. Devine says.