Today’s read is by Michael Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan and brother of Patti Davis (above).

The best present I received this year was that no one talked politics at my house all Christmas day.

The nicest and most important present of all for me this year, however, was that my sister Patti came over and spent part of the day with us.

Actually, until this year, I hadn’t spoken to her since 2004, when my father’s will was read.

Read the entire column here.