Make Christmas Memories with Author Herbie J. Pilato

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Join the City of Cerritos at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18, in the Skyline Room at the Cerritos Library as author and pop culture historian Herbie J Pilato reads from his holiday books, “The 12 Best Secrets of Christmas” and “Christmas TV Memories.” Joining Pilato will be entertainment historians Rob Ray and Randy Skretvedt, with Tammye McDuff as moderator.

Pilato’s “The 12 Best Secrets of Christmas” shares heartfelt stories of growing up in a large Italian American family in the 1960s and ’70s in Rochester, N.Y. “Christmas TV Memories” celebrates classic holiday specials, featuring commentary from performers such as Marlo Thomas and Elinor Donahue. Both books explore the warmth, nostalgia, and joy of the holiday season.

Herbie J Pilato is a writer/producer/actor whose list of top-selling pop-culture books includes “Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story,” “Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery,” “NBC & ME: My Life as a Page in A Book,” “Glamour, Gadgets and the Girl Next Door,” and “Dashing, Daring and Debonair,” among others. Herbie J also writes for the Television Academy and Emmys.com and is the host of TV’s “Then Again with Herbie J Pilato,” which streams on Amazon Prime and Shout! Factory TV.

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Call the Cerritos Library at (562) 916-1350.