Christmas Memoriies

One of my memories of Christmas was our neighbor would dress up as Santa every year and drop off presents at the door. He was the father of my best friend. One year my Mom and my sis were gone from the house. Just my brother was there. "Santa" came by to drop off our presents from my girlfriends as they would be gone and she wanted to make sure we had our gifts before Christmas. My brother opened the door to Santa...he asked for me and my sis by name. My brother stuttered that we weren't at home....he left the gifts for us and wished my brother a Merry Christmas...and left. When we returned home...he told us that "Santa" had stopped by and left presents. He had no idea who the Santa was. He had the strangest look on his face when handing us our gifts.

It's not a fantastic memory...but one that makes me smile remembering him. He passed away in 2000. It's a nice memory. :)

I love the image your memory evokes LaRae. :)

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I REMBEMBER MY DAD GETTING A BIG TREE WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD.
NOTHING BUT TREE IN LIVING ROOM

wow kim, you just made me feel so warm inside. i lost my little brother in 1996. holidays always bring lost ones back. thanks laRae for the thoughts. when i was 12 or 13 my mom had me try on a blue velvet robe that she said she was making for my little sister for christmas. it was so pretty and soft. then on christmas morning, i opened up the very same robe. she had made it for me..i still wear it to this day (i am 45) i miss her.

LOL we've had those trees Glenda. Actually every year we say we're getting a smaller tree and every year we go to pick one out and end up with hunks off the bottom just to get the thing to sit up and not hit the ceiling. They always are monstrous. :D

What a wonderful story Patricia. :) Warmed my heart and reminded me to call mine today to let her know how much I love her (she's 82). I agree Holidays do bring back memories of the ones we lost. You have such a wonderful memory with the robe and your Mother. :)

That's a great Christmas memory, LaRae!

I just can't wait till its over with... That's all I can say about it. Its too stressful. The only reason I look forward to it is for the kids, that's it.

One Christmas I remember best was the first one my daughter Carrie-Anne came down to celebrate with me, after I moved, all alone to FL.
And now each Christmas is so very special because she spends them here with me.
Even the Christmas when a tornado went through my mobile home park on Christmas day!

I remember that some years we only got one present, and we were lucky to have that, but we always had a big Christmas tree. We didn't have very much money, but my mom always tried to make things as festive as possible.

sounds nice

We live up north. Wisconsin/Illinois border.
I remember the snow drifts being taller than my dad's truck, so that had to be about 6/7 foot tall. We grew up on a dairy farm. We couldn't have christmas until the milking, feeding the cows and calves was finished. Those were some early mornings, 4 am


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Nice!

Thank you for sharing. I have no memories.

When my brother and I were little my dad would shake sleigh bells outside our bedroom window like Santa.

I remember a ladder that once hung on are tree with many Christmas Characters.

I was 2 or 3 and mom and dad had our friend dress up as Santa and bring over presents. He brought me a lovely wooden rocking chair. I was terrified. I screamed bloody murder and ran behind the couch. I still have that rocker.

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great memories. im from the south so i wish it would snow here for christmas!

I loved decorating the tree with family. When I was a little kid (under 5) I fell off the stool I was standing on and got a cut next to my eye. I still have the scar to prove it. It was pretty scary and I cried a lot and had to be put to bed. It was a tippy stool. Other than that I have happy memories!

I grew up in the upper midwest, always cold in winter, but now live on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, where it's a bit warmer, but definitely winter. I love the evergreens!

Those are wonderful memories. I remember the neat carpentry my dad did building me a hutch, a little table and chairs and a doll bed. I still have them here and they are antiques now!

So many wonderful memories.....going to get a tree with my Dad....the Christmas programs at church, both being in them and leading them with my Sunday School classes...
one year we did a little skit where the kids in my class were supposed to be shepherds discussing their day when the angel (me) came and told them "For unto you is born this day..." when I left the stage, one of the kids (they were all about 4 or 5) was supposed to get up and say, "Come, let us go see this thing which the Lord has told us about". Instead, I left the stage, this little guy jump up and shouts, "Come on! Let's go see the baby! " and runs off the stage. I busted up laughing, but when I think about it, it was probably more like that then the quiet way we rehearsed it !
Stacey U., Dec 6, 2008, 1:05pm

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Very nice!

Holidays weren't real special when I was a kid. I try to make them special for my kids.

I shared quite a few good Christmas years. That is a great memory you shared.

That sounds like a great Christmas memory for you! How wonderful.