What is your fondest holiday memory?
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There are so many !! One of my fondest memories was when i was 8 years old. mama and daddy recorded me and my 2 little sisters as we opened our gifts. Boy were we loud !!! screaming and yelling  "thank you mama thank you daddy". that year i got a Chrissy doll. i'm showing my age LOL. she was like a giant red haired barbie and you could make her hair long or short by turning a button in the middle of her back. my cousin and i are the same age , so we both got one. But what i love most is hearing we little girls and hearing mama and daddy's voices. sadly , i lost them both in 1991. six months apart. the other favorite holiday was last year. my sisters didn't give me anything of my dad's when he left us. i don't blame them because i went off the deep end after losing my parents. when i finally got my life together i asked them for something of my dad's. one of my sisters had my dad's wedding ring. it's beautiful, wide gold band with 3 1/4 carat diamonds. i always wanted that ring. when daddy didn't have it on i would get it and wear it while i was at their house. it was funny, mama and daddy joked about having to frisk me before i went home to make sure i didn't leave with one of their rings.LOL. anyway, i asked my sister if i could have daddy's ring. she adamently said "NO". it just broke my heart. my sisters were not fair when it came to splitting what my parents had 3 ways. i asked her for that ring for 5 years. last year my birthday fell on thanksgiving day. we were all at my sisters house having our family dinner when out came a beautiful cake with far too many candles on it LOL. i was surprised. i read all of the b-day cards and opened the gifts everyone had given me. i noticed everyone moving to one side of the room and my nieces all had cameras and video camears pointed at me when i opened the last gift. IT WAS MY DADDY'S RING !!!!!!!! I started bawlin' and ran to my lil sister to hug and thank her. my sis is an itty bitty thing and i'm NOT...she told everyone to protect her so i wouldn't sqeeze her to death !!LOL i have that ring on my finger right now and that is where it will stay until one of my nephews is old enough and getting married. that is when i will pass it down. so, that's just 2 of many wonderful holidays. as a matter of fact my b-day is on sat. and we are having thanksgiving then. everyone has to work on fri. so we decided to do it on sat. so everyone can be there. we're having it at my sisters house and she lives an hour 1/2 away. well , there's my answer.  OH !!! and you are soo right about time screaming by. That is sad.  Have a great Thanksgiving. God Bless.\n                                                                   Deanne
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The excitement that the holiday brings with it. \nChristmas is my favorite holiday because I get to\nexperience the magic from a child's point of view.\nMy daughter already has our tree up and decorated.\nSeeing Christmas through her eyes makes me feel alive and young again. Merry Christmas to all and\nto all a good night.
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I would have to say hallowe'en! It's so much fun to check out the kids in their costumes at the door and make them do little tricks for their treats. Nothing like hearing Jingle Bells in October because they're already practicing for Christmas concerts! And then there's all the goodies you never see any other time of year, from witches kisses to mini-chocolate bars; licorice treats of every kind and candies shaped like all sorts of scary things! Don't forget the candied apples and popcorn balls! Yep! I love Hallowe'en!
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Aww thats cute, i remember one year my parents were dead broke i was maybe 10 and my brother was 9 and we told them we didnt want anything cause we were so down about not having a nice christmas with a tree so we just told them its okay to save there money for other needs. And on christmas morning my sister and my mom woke us both up and told us they were looking for a blue ball and a red ball that they lost to help them find it and they made us go from the back of the house to the front as soon as we got to the front of the house me and my brother both had a bike his was blue and myne was red. It was the best year ever we had those bikes for about 7 years. And its a christmas that still makes me laugh to this day.
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Oh yeah.  I got a mail-order catalog in the mail the other week that really triggered some old memories and yearnings in me.  The Uncle Wiggly game...clackers (remember those glass balls on the string you would bang together?)...Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys.  Then my friend and I started remembering other things together...like rock candy...remember around Christmas when they would come out with the colored candy shapes on lollipop sticks?  Then we got to talking how it's a miracle we survived...we had no carseats, no bicycle helmet or kneepads.  No soft wood chips under our swing sets or jungle gyms...we had concrete!  Which reminds me...I wonder when is the last time kids played Spud or Mother May I?  Oh yeah...I miss those good ol' days!
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My favorite gift for Christmas was a Chocolate Bar from my grandfather one year. He did not have a lot of money & I didn't expect anything from him. But for him to buy a chocolate bar & wrap it meant so much to me. It was many yrs. ago but I still remember to this day how special that was. Its the thought not the gift.
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17 yrs ago, I was pregnant, on bed rest, and my husband was in the Navy out to sea. It was Christmas, and I had very little money to get gifts for my nieces and nephews. So I went and bought a box of christmas ornaments, and decorated them. I made a Mickey Mouse for my neice, and a rudolph for one of my nephews. Anyway, this has turned into a holiday tradition. My Niece is now in college, and still looks forward to her ornament every year. Its very inexpensive, and quite personal to the receiver. Have fun doing what ever it is you choose to do. Happy Holidays!!!
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to enjoy the holiday.
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A Christmas Story.\nIt makes me laugh every time I watch it.  In my family, it's a tradition!
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Candy!! I love chocolate covered raisons, and i get them in my stocking every year, and i am always excited about them Every year!
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i like Christmas the best b/c u get the day off and u get presents and u get good food ;)
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The Magic of Christmas!
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its a winter holiday for me.
761554
my favorite food is banana pudding\nand I am most thankful for my family
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we had a holiday.  what holiday.
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I think my month long trip to Australia was great because I saw so much and got to quit my job to go which made it double fun.  There are some photos on my 360 page of the holiday:\n\nhttp://uk.360.yahoo.com/monkeymanelvis\n\nyou can see how much fun I had with my mates Chris & Sophie.  It was the best holiday I have had so far!
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This month. I love how everything smells like fall and snow is right around the corner. The leaves haven't fallen and they are the brightest colors. Plus Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.