Christmas Memories Contest
12:07 PM Posted by Louise
Deadline: December 14th 12:00 PM PST
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This blog of mine is really mostly about reflections of my life. I contemplated for a while getting into the whole review scene but was scared away by my lawyer. Personally I thought it was a sad commentary on society that someone could lose their house just by writing that they didn’t like a brownie but being the risk adverse person that I am his conversation really put an end to any ideas I ever had about being a review blogger so here I am just a conversationalist trying to tell you a story.
Anyways what does that blurb have to do with holding a contest you say ? Well in the spirit of the blog I thought I’d tell you about a favourite Christmas memory and you could tell me about one of yours.
My Mother died about 3 years ago and I knew the first Christmas after she passed would be difficult so we packed up my daughter and drove 14 hours through the snow to go have Christmas with my family. My daughter was 3 at the time.
Now my Dad is very generous and I think he knew how difficult this Christmas was going to be on all of us so he kind of went overboard on Christmas presents.
I had also participated in a stocking exchange with one of the Moms in my moms group so my daughter also ended up with 25 small gift wrapped packages in a stocking from a very generous Mom.
Carting the presents without destroying the surprise was a big challenge too as fortunately she didn’t question what was in the 3 big boxes in the back of the SUV !
Anyways on Christmas morning my daughter was so excited that she didn’t even open any presents for 10 minutes she just wandered around looking at them all and the innocence and surprise I will remember forever.
When it was all said and done I think it took her about 3 hours to open all of her gifts and it took my husband 4 hours to load the SUV when we left !
Honestly though that wasn’t my favourite memory. My favourite memory was having my whole family together for Christmas. That was three years ago and it hasn’t happened since. We’d love to go back again but my daughter is just too smart now and there would be no way to smuggle Santa Claus presents in the SUV all the way to
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November 29, 2009 1:10 PM
One of my favorite Christmas memories is the year that one of my Dad's friends, dressed up as Santa and on Christmas morning, showed up with a little toy poodle for me. I wanted a pet for a few years and couldn't have been happier. Loved that Poodle for many, many years. Thanks so much.
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My favorite Christmas memory was when I was a little girl. We were dirt poor. My dad worked fast food and my mom worked as a CNA but that wasn't enough to provide a Christmas for 4 kids. I was the oldest and I was 8 years old. Then, we got a knock on our door. A non profit organization called "angel tree" somehow got our name and brought a HUGE tree WITH decorations and gifts! My mom cried tears of joy and I was excited about the most beautiful tree we ever had (and it was real too!)
November 29, 2009 2:30 PM
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November 29, 2009 2:38 PM
My favorite Christmas memory was when my stepfather gave me a doll named Giggles for Christmas. He was my new stepfather at the time, and I thought, even at age 7, that it meant that he cared.
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My favorite Christmas memory happened when my twin sister and I were little. It was just days after our birthday and we were going through Sears after seeing Santa at the mall. Before we reached the exit doors, my sister and I happened to catch the sight of a huge Disney toy castle. We had just had our birthday but begged to have it for Christmas. When Mom and Dad said "no", we trekked through the rest of the store, mad. But as we came down the stairs on Christmas morning, guess what we saw? I learn years later that they bought it before we even saw it!
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November 29, 2009 5:52 PM
My favorite memory is the year we had no money. My daughter and I went out into the woods behind our house, cut down a tiny tree, went home and made construction paper ornaments and popcorn garland. We had a blast doing it and it was probably the best Christmas tree ever.
November 29, 2009 5:55 PM
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November 29, 2009 7:14 PM
We eat homemade tamales every christmas eve with extended family - best memories of my whole life!
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November 29, 2009 7:36 PM
Aw I have to say that your story seriously had me tearing up.
I would say my favorite Christmas has to be in 2007. It was the month before my grandma found out she had Cancer. It was the last time we had any real sense of the holidays that I remembered.
There really wasn't anything special about it, we didn't do anything different, but I think in my heart or a distant feeling I knew this was going to be the last time I had this togetherness(my mom & uncle don't talk and are only in the same room for special events like holidays). I remember all the smells, my grandma in her festive, yet tacky lol, holiday sweater and just the smile on her face when we came in the house. I remember that the stockings were filled with the same thing as past years. The boys got socks and pens and the girls got perfumes and lip gloss/nail polish. She had the little kids filled with crayons/race cars, bracelets and pony tail holders.
I remember how she had her decorations, the houses in her bay window, the talking santa on her front door. I also remember walking down stairs to find this HUGE fake tree filled up with various ornaments that we made, the Disney ones she would get in the mail and various other mixed up ones. I remember that the presents had to extend about a foot outside the tree that was how many it was.
She was always anxious about cooking so it was always practically cold when we all ate, but you know what it always tasted so good and it's one of those things I miss (and of course just letting it sit and get cold isn't the same). Yet what I remember most is how much love was felt in the basement when we opened presents. EVERYONE was down there waiting for their turn as the gifts were passed out 1 by 1. We had both my great aunts and their husbands, my aunt and uncle with their 3 kids, my aunt's brother and sister, myself and husband with our son, my brother, my sister with her little girl, my mom and dad, my other uncle, and my grandparents. There was so much love in the room and it didn't matter that a few of the relatives were not speaking at all to each other, it was just that we were there and able to laugh/talk/get along so well for even that brief moment.
Sorry it's so long but that will always be my favorite Christmas moment.
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November 29, 2009 7:38 PM
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November 29, 2009 8:11 PM
I love the year my uncle buck dressed up as santa
November 30, 2009 4:22 AM
My boyfriend and I were in college and broke. I didn't expect anything for christmas and he surprised me with a new puppy. I was so happy
November 30, 2009 4:51 AM
My mom used to like to hide our big gift. She would give us a clue in our stocking and off we would go to hunt for our treasure. I remember getting the clue "Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf". I knew immediately to head to my neighbors (he had a wolf for a pet) and there I found a new bike :).
November 30, 2009 7:09 AM
For me, it isn't just one memory, but a compilation of memories of all the times we went to my grandparents' farm for Christmas. Most of the time, all the aunts, uncles and cousins were there, pretty much the only time the whole family made it. As we all grew up, the group actually became smaller because of the different activities and locations of the families, but I will never forget those Christmases.
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November 30, 2009 7:10 AM
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November 30, 2009 8:11 AM
My favorite Christmas memory is my grandmother's house. We went there every year and she made tons of food and all the kids played. She was wonderful and I miss her!
November 30, 2009 8:12 AM
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November 30, 2009 8:54 AM
The best Christmas memory I have was the year before my grandfather died. Everyone was at their house, including my great-grandmother, there was lots of good food. We had fried oysters along with the turky & ham (with the oysters left over from making dressing). I think that was the last year my grandmother made both cakes and pies. It was pretty huge for our small family, and I loved everyone being together.
November 30, 2009 9:34 AM
My favorite Christmas memory is also a family Christmas with my daughter (about 2 at the time). Pocahontas was all the rage at the time and she adored Meeko the racoon. She got a stuffed Meeko that was bigger than she was and spent the rest of the day carting it around, until she was exhausted and fell asleep with her head on it.
November 30, 2009 9:56 AM
My favorite memory is the year when the whole (very large) family got together for Christmas. Some family traveled 1000 miles to be there it was great!
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November 30, 2009 11:12 AM
Well, this is a funny memory that we have laughed about more than anything that ever happened at Christmas. My aunt was making a batch of fudge and my cousin accidently spilled a bottle of prescription medicine in the fudge. My aunt fished as much out as possible, but some melted into the fudge. Not wanting to throw out a "good" batch of fudge, she gave it to my mother. The medicine was tranqulizers and it was one of the calmest, most peaceful, and laid back Christmases our family ever had.
November 30, 2009 11:43 AM
My favorite holiday memory is from the year I was 7; coming down to the living room Christmas morning and finding a doll house as big as the coffee table with my name on it.
November 30, 2009 1:11 PM
My favorite Christmas was the one in which we decided to only give gifts that we had personally made. We felt closer as a family and grateful for all the time put into the gifts
November 30, 2009 1:12 PM
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November 30, 2009 2:49 PM
So many Christmas memories...My favorites are Christmas Eve with my family. We'd attend church services and then open all of our gifts.
November 30, 2009 2:50 PM
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November 30, 2009 3:05 PM
My fave memory is spending time with family
November 30, 2009 3:13 PM
One of my favorite memories was going shopping downtown with my Daddy when I was a little girl. We walked the whole length of Main Street, stopping in various stores to buy gifts. We also stopped for lunch, then continued shopping for a while. We ended our day by drinking some hot chocolate to warm us up.
November 30, 2009 4:04 PM
I always loved watching "The Christmas Story" with my family every Christmas.
November 30, 2009 4:35 PM
When my husband and I first started
out 17 years ago, we were just out of high school.
We had just moved into our own apartment and
were barely making ends meet. My husband lost
his job RIGHT before Christmas. We had no money for bills,
let alone gifts. My family gave us a christmas tree and
we were so grateful, but being that we had just
started out, we had no ornaments,lights etc...So we had a
beautiful plain green christmas tree in our living room.
I got up to go to work about a week before Christmas.
When I came home, what I saw took my breath away.
My boyfriend (now husband) had spent the entire day
cutting out paper snowflakes of all different shapes
and sizes. He had covered the entire tree with them.
It was the most beautiful tree I had ever seen and
I had never cried harder or loved him more.
Now 17 years later we are in a much better position,
but every year, the last thing that goes on the tree
is one of the paper snowflakes I saved from that year.
It means more to me than any gift that ever has been
or ever will be under the tree.
November 30, 2009 5:15 PM
One of my favorite Christmas memories is that of my dad and uncles fighting with each other while putting together my "big wheels" the Christmas I was 5 LOL.
November 30, 2009 5:16 PM
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November 30, 2009 5:22 PM
Baking Christmas cookies with my mom is my favorite holiday memory.
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November 30, 2009 5:24 PM
Anything I woke up to fresh baked good was a special time
November 30, 2009 5:32 PM
One of the best memories of Christmas was in 2001. My sister was recovering from a bone marrow transplant due to stage 4 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and was able to leave the isolation that she was living in for about 8 hours or so.
While not all of my siblings were in town (that would be the following year) thisone was important because she was able to enjoy it. She is 8 yrs out now from the transplant.
November 30, 2009 6:12 PM
My favorite memories are of my family doing our Christmas crackers. We'd all put on our hats and see who could leave it on the longest. We'll be doing it again this year. Our family's ages range from 8 months to 85 years.
November 30, 2009 7:11 PM
My favorite Christmas memory is celebrating every single Christmas morning for the last 25 years with my parents, twin sister and Granny. We would wake up in the morning, open gifts from "Santa" and our parents then run downstairs to Granny's to open the gifts she had for us under the tree. We lost her this past March and I know that somehow this Christmas just won't be the same. Thanks so much!
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November 30, 2009 7:14 PM
On Christmas Eve when I was little we use to go over the Grandma and Grandpa's house. Grandpa use to read us Twas The Night Before Christmas story while we sipped on hot cocoa and fresh warm glazed donuts.
November 30, 2009 7:15 PM
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November 30, 2009 8:54 PM
My best memory is decorating the tree with my family!
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November 30, 2009 9:12 PM
One of my favorite memories is decorating the Christmas tree on my Grandmother's birthday (Dec 12) each year.
December 1, 2009 12:50 AM
My favorite christmas memory is going to my grandmothers house and all my relatives were together at the same time.
December 1, 2009 4:29 AM
My favorite memory is when I was a kid and would come out on Christmas morning to mounds and mounds of present. It wasn't all for me but I had 4 sisters and it looked like a lot!
December 1, 2009 5:29 AM
My favorite Christmas memories are the many times that my dad dressed up as Santa to hand out gifts and entertain us on Christmas morning. He's been gone now for 23 years but I think of him every day and more often during the holiday season.
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December 1, 2009 6:15 AM
my favorite memory is when my parents were still around and we would decorate the christmas tree with hot chocolate!
December 1, 2009 6:15 AM
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I remember how grown up I felt the first year I was too old to believe in Santa and was allowed to help make Christmas special for my younger siblings.
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December 1, 2009 7:34 AM
One of my favorite Christmas memories is when my family spent the night at my grandparents Christmas Eve. I remember being so excited Christmas morning because Santa found us-haha I was so afraid he would not know we were at my grandparents' house. I got western Barbie that year:)
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December 1, 2009 7:54 AM
One of my favorite Christmas memories is when I was about 7 yrs old. My little sister and I LOVED raw carrots! Well, Christmas morning, when we attacked our stockings first, they were filled with raw carrots! lol!
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December 1, 2009 10:57 AM
One of my favorite Christmas memories was when I was 10 years old. It was the perfect Christmas morning, the smells of baking pie woke me and I ran to the Christmas Tree which was beautiful and full of gifts. We kids gleefully ripped into our gifts...WOWWED by them all. All day, family and friends dropped by - great food was served and ...it was all good. renski17@fortaj.com
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December 1, 2009 11:32 AM
For every year of my life thus far, I have a Christmas memory. But the one that stands out in my mind was the year my son was very ill in the hospital and couldn't come home. He was only eight and beleived in Santa. What I remember the most was the way everyone--from family to friends to hospital staff to strangers--went out of their way to cheer him.
December 1, 2009 1:04 PM
My favorite Christmas Memmory was the year we spent Christmas with my grandmother in new york city. I had grown up in the country all my life and it was my first time seeing a big city. It was also great to see where my mom grew up.
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December 1, 2009 2:29 PM
One of my favorite memories is the year we started what would become our Christmas Eve tradition: We made 2 kinds of soup for dinner, along with homemade cornbread, and 2 dips with crackers and veggies. We sat down to eat in front of the TV while watching "A Christmas Story," and we've kept the same menu and same movie every year since. It's comforting to know that is something I can do every year, no matter how much things change!
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December 1, 2009 3:00 PM
One of my favorite memories is when I was about 7 and my brother and I woke up at 4am and we snuck to the top of the stairs and tried to see the tree in the dark to see what presents were under it. My Mom woke up and told us to go back to bed, and to not get up until 6am.
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my favorite memory is of mom and I baking lots of cookies together
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We always opened our presents on Christmas Eve but one year our father was working. I remember waiting and still so excited for him to get home. That's what I remember waiting for Dad. From the video I see that it's not the presents we ran to, but it was to give him a hug :)
December 2, 2009 5:45 AM
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December 2, 2009 6:36 AM
My favourite Christmas memory is one from my childhood, when we had moms friend with her family staying with us for the holidays. They had two kids, so me and my sister had lots of fun with them. And also, they brought cool presents, and I suspected my dad to be the Santa:)
December 2, 2009 7:19 AM
We had a friend dress as Santa and sneak in the house so my nieces could catch a glimpse of him. This helped as the oldest wasn't sure if she believed anymore and she was so excited to see him.
December 2, 2009 1:12 PM
My favorite memory was always watching Charlie Brown Christmas on Christmas Eve
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December 2, 2009 2:14 PM
My favorite memory was when my grandfather presented me with all handmade dollhouse along with furniture and accessories for my dollhouse. I was young and SO jealous of a fancy Victorian dollhouse a rich playmate of mine had. My parents could never afford the thousands one like hers cost, an antique furnished with the finest, so my grandfather (who worked for the phone company all his life but dreamed of being an artist and pursued art as a hobby) built the most incredible house. He built all the furniture and made many cool accessories. When I got it that Christmas he promised to install lighting for me, but he died of a heart attack not long after and never got the chance. I still cherish that doll house - but I have never had lighting installed :( I miss my grandfather - he was such an incredible man.
December 2, 2009 3:53 PM
I love the memory of the excitement on my children's faces on Christmas morning
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December 2, 2009 5:44 PM
One of my favorite memories was when me and my sister were 5 and 7 years old. We used to get one big gift and a lot of smaller gifts from "Santa" every year. That year we received a barbie but also under the tree were two big white boxes with red bows. Our parents told us that we had been extra good this year ad santa left us something special. We tore into those boxes like crazy girls. And in the boxes were 2 white faux fur coats with sparkly buttons. OMG, we had never seen anything so beautiful. We put them on and took pictures and didn't take them off until my mom made us. We wore those coats all winter and even into Spring. What a great gift.
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December 2, 2009 7:52 PM
Last christmas, my sister and I had a great time just putzing around NYC. We had breakfast, lunch and dinner there and we also saw the Rockettes.
December 2, 2009 8:44 PM
Imagine four sisters giggling over the song lyrics "Oh by gosh by golly..." on the car radio while their parents smile. Everyone is enjoying the magical view of a snowy town lit up by colorful Christmas lights. Now you've had a taste of my childhood drives to ooh and ahh over the enchanting Christmas lights!
December 2, 2009 10:23 PM
In 1983 my mom got me a huge piggy bank made by the Liberty glass company. It makes me smile when I see all the pennies in it.
December 3, 2009 12:18 AM
My favorite christmas memory was 10 years ago when my family actually had a tree and it was a jolly time back then. Now, we don't really celebrate it anymore
December 3, 2009 9:49 AM
my favorite memory is of going to midnight mass with my sisters and coming home to presents
December 3, 2009 12:37 PM
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December 3, 2009 3:33 PM
My favorite memory is as a child. We would always have Christmas eve with our neighbors at my house. One year one of the dad's (I still don't know who it was) came dressed as Santa and passed out toys to all the kids. I still remember my gift...yellow and green "can" stilts (they were plastic cup type things with a long string that you walked on top of). I must have been young because my dad died when I was 13 and I know this was WAY before he was gone. I've also lost my mom (when I was 19) so that now I'm a mom (to 3 great kids!) I really try to make the holidays special. I know how special memories can last a life time!!
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December 4, 2009 5:54 AM
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December 4, 2009 7:27 AM
Oh wow, I don't really have that special of a christmas memory. Perhaps the one after my mom's kidney transplant, but I don't know. I like just being home with them.
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December 4, 2009 12:51 PM
My favorite Christmas memory was visiting my grandmas and in came Santa Clause. Me and my sister tried to get to the window to look out after he left. We were listening to try and hear for bells and kept looking for a sleigh. I remember being excited about the whole thing.
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December 4, 2009 12:52 PM
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I just always enjoy our family's annual ice skating trip that we take around the holidays. We get a lot of people together and have a blast!
December 4, 2009 11:42 PM
The Christmas of 2005--
We had a new surprise in the Family! my 4 month old baby sister. Just when me and my brother were thinking about college, she drew the family back to each other. Holidays are so much more meaningful now i love to watch and help her grow!
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December 5, 2009 4:17 AM
I too lost my mom three years ago right before Thanksgiving. It was hard because she and the rest of my family lived in Colorado and I was the only one here in Ohio and I hadn't seen any of them in over 4 years. When I came back and was shopping for Christmas food in the grocery store, I just broke down crying - not loud honking tears, just the kind that continually roll down your face. I found myself doing that a lot at random times for quite some time after that, so ....
Well, this is supposed to be about my favorite Christmas memory, so I will tell you about our weirdest one.
As I said, all of my family eventually ended up in Colorado (two brothers, a sister and my mom), but my sister was the last one to move out there, so there were about 3-4 years where she and I were the only ones left here in Ohio.
I always cooked for EVERY holiday - Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, you name it. I love cooking and I love it when people are enjoying fellowship and food. I even cook big Sunday dinners where all and sundry can drop by, hang around for a bit, eat, or simply grab a plate and go.
The last Christmas that my sister was here, she decided that SHE wanted to do Christmas Eve dinner (we do our dinners on Christmas Eve and leave Christmas as the day we spend just winding down and enjoying our immediate family). MY children were somewhat apprehensive, because holidays at our house had become the tradition after my mom moved, but I thought it was a great idea for her to do it. I enjoy it, so I figured that she would enjoy it as well.
We got to the house early (thank goodness; you'll see why later). I think dinner was scheduled around 6 or 7, and we were there at around 3:30. I walked in, and nothing was cooking. Further, when I talked to my sister, she shamefacedly told me that she didn't have much of anything in the way of gifts for her own children, and didn't have presents for my children either. She was going through an extremely rough patch with her husband, and he wasn't giving any money to the household, so she was spending all of her own money just paying the bills. She was embarrassed at not having let me know sooner, but she just kept hoping that he would change up at the last minute.
We cried together and I hugged her and told her it was OK. We piled everyone (her 3 children, my 4 children and she and I) into my tiny Sportage and we took the children to a friend of hers house.
Then we went to the grocery and department stores and she was able to buy all of the holiday dinner fixings and presents for all of the children along with wrapping paper, tags and bows (all within one hour; this was Christmas Eve, after all, and everything closed early).
We drove back to the house and unloaded, then she picked up the children while I started the dinner.
When she came back, she ran into the bedroom and hurriedly wrapped gifts for my children, then joined me in the kitchen.
We were able to put dinner out relatively on time and do our Christmas exchange with the children none the wiser. It had a rocky start, but it turned out to be a great time.
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December 5, 2009 4:26 AM
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December 5, 2009 6:35 PM
One of my favorite Christmas memories is of the first Christmas with two kids. My youngest was born just a few weeks earlier, so she ended up sleeping most of the morning (after being up much of the night.) That ended up being okay, though, because then we could easily make Christmas be special for our almost three year old. We stayed home that year, which is not what we generally do, so that makes it even more memorable.
December 5, 2009 6:36 PM
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December 5, 2009 9:00 PM
My favorite Christmas memory is when I was about 4 years old and one of my uncles tried to dress up as Santa. I totally knew it was him and remember wondering why on Earth he was trying to be Santa. He tried his best (grin) and I played along.
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December 6, 2009 12:48 AM
My favorite memory was getting a Electric Magnus Toy Organ as a child.
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December 6, 2009 2:10 AM
My favorite Christmas memory was the year I was in first grade and wanted a red wagon more than anything. On Christmas morning I found a shiny red wagon waiting for me under the tree and I was so excited that Santa Claus had fulfilled my wish! I dragged that wagon everywhere and we had it for years. It still makes me smile to think about how happy it made me to receive that at Christmastime.
December 6, 2009 10:29 AM
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December 6, 2009 11:32 AM
This is easy, I just posted my favorite memories on another site so it is all fresh in my head. My favorite Christmas memories was my brother and I fighting with our dad to be able to play with our presents which he had taken over right after we opened them. A specific one I remember was the original nintendo!
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December 6, 2009 11:33 AM
One of my favorite Christmas memories is when I was when my extended family moved only an hour away and I was able to visit with four cousins and a number of Aunts and Uncles for the first time, when I was about six. I had the best time meeting new family, I now can't imagine Christmas without these wonderful people.
December 6, 2009 6:09 PM
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The year we spent Christmas in Hawaii. I was like 12. It was a lot of fun.
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December 6, 2009 7:30 PM
A Christmas memory that means sooo much to me is the last Christmas our family spent with my father before he unexpectedly passed 1 week later.
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December 6, 2009 7:31 PM
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December 6, 2009 9:45 PM
My fave Christmas memory was the year we spent it in New york with family. It was so beautiful.
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December 6, 2009 10:19 PM
My favorite Christmas memory was when my parents decided not to get any presents for the holidays. It was good because it made my sibling and I to enjoy each other instead of focusing on material possessions.
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December 6, 2009 10:19 PM
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December 7, 2009 8:41 PM
I'm Egyptian and here we don't swap gifts at the Christmas.but before the last year's Christmas I started to have pen friends from USA and UK and when we swap Christmas cards and gifts last year I felt so happy and this year I'll do the same :)
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My favorite Christmas memory is waking up early as a child and sneaking downstairs to see what was left under the tree.
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December 8, 2009 10:59 AM
I will always remember our first Christmas with our first grandson that was only 3mo old at the time!
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My favorite Christmas memory was when my grandmother gave me a puppy as a gift - the most adorable dachshund mix. Cocoa, my little dog, unfortunately passed away last month... but she will always be my favorite gift.
December 9, 2009 8:39 AM
our whole neighborhood lighting up tea lights along the sidewalks.
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December 10, 2009 8:48 PM
my favorite memory is making christmas cookies and candies with my mom and wrapping them up in tins to give as gifts to family friends
December 11, 2009 11:06 AM
One of my favorite memories is the year that I got my own bike. I was the youngest of six and had many hand me down bikes for years. To get my own shiny, red, brand new ten speed bike seemed to good to be true:)
December 11, 2009 1:23 PM
My favorite memory was discovering that Santa had not forgotten about us even though we'd spent Christmas out of town that year. We woke up to a room filled with gifts, and I cried tears of joy because I was so afraid that Santa wouldn't be able to find us since we weren't spending Christmas day at our house.
That let me know that Santa is indeed everywhere.
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December 11, 2009 1:57 PM
My favorite christmas memory is when my father and i spent the entire day making Christmas cookies when I was 11.
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My favorite Christmas memory is of my oldest sons first Christmas, just seeing the wonder on his face with all the lights and decorations.
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My favorite memory is when grandparents traveled from the other side of the world to spend xmas with us. It was their last christmas and I'll always cherish those moments forever.
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One of my favorite memories is when I was a kid my parents hired a Santa to come to the house and bring us an early Christmas present.
December 12, 2009 4:31 PM
My favorite Christmas memory: We usually put all the presents under the tree after the girl goes to bed on Christmas night. I had hid the presents in the rubbermaid box that had held the ornaments and stuff. My husband was pulling out the presents he found a rock (from our aquarium) and a pink ribbon bow. So, of course we had to put the rock with the big pink bow under the tree, too. In the morning we told our girl that the one with the Pink bow was hers. The pictures we have of her holding that rock are priceless.
Now, every year we still put out the "Christmas Rock" with the pink bow.
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