What is your favorite childhood Christmas memory?
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It was the year that we actually had snow on Christmas Eve in Dallas, TX which is a rare treat, indeed!  My mother and my two sisters sat around a huge fire and watched the snow fall as we sang Christmas carols together. My mother and one sister have since passed on and my remaining sister now lives in another state. But I think of that Christmas eve every year and am glad I have that memory when I think of those who are no longer here.
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i love all i want for christmas is you. but here are my other top favorites:\n1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\n\n2. it's the most wonderful time of the year\n\n3. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow\n\nand and i can't forget Carol of the bells!\ni love in home alone 1 when kevin's in the church and the choir is singing this.  and then the clock strikes and then all the suspense of him having to hurry home to protect his house from the robbers.  lol
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Christmas.\nI just love to give presents to all our family and friends and I just love the look on my son's face whenever he gets a present. These moments are priceless...
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My grandparents have been sending out homemade goodies as gifts for Christmas.  They make homemade donuts, gingerbread men, and fudge.  I love receiving that gift!  Yum, Yum!
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Reading the story of the Birth of Jesus on Christmas morning from the gospel of Luke, while the fire warms the room and we all eat cinnamon rolls and drink orange juice and coffee. It is a welcome comfort and joy. Before we get into the presents, we get into His Presence.\nGod Bless and Merry Christmas!
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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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My husband and I "adopt" an angel from the salvation army angel tree and buy a gift like a new bike, for a underpriviledged child. That is what brings us the greatest happiness is that knowing how happy that child must have been on christmas morning, along with the joy of seeing the excitement of our little girl.
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Make a gingerbread house and decorate it.\nMake cookies and have your children deliver the cookies to the neighbors. \nMake paper snowflakes\nMake fruit loop and popcorn garlands\nMake an orange clove air freshener (stick whole cloves into an orange...they smell awesome)\nDrive around and look at Christmas lights\nVisit Santa in the mall\nAttend free Christmas actives at Churches or community centers\nMake Christmas cards for your friends and family\nSnuggle on the couch with mugs of hot chocolate and tell your kids how much you love them and what they were like as baby's\nWatch all the classic Christmas movies with special snacks \n\nMy Christmas memories are more about what we did than what I received. The traditions of Christmas are really important to kids.
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at home with the children and my dad. i haven't had Christmas with for 27 years as him and mum lost touch .so this well be brill .
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My favorite episode (although I loved every one) would have to be where Mary, Adam, Hester Sue, the Wilders, and the Ingalls are all together for Christmas. They got snowed in and to pass the time they told stories. Laura told of a past Christmas. Toward the end of the episode, Mr Edwards (one of favorite characters)shows up.\n\nIt was great, everyone made the best of the situation.
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Frosty the snowman    or just old time favorite the Birth of Jesus Drummer boy    the Grinch who stole Christmas
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The smells are the best for me.  It seems like a home really smells like a home at Christmas time.  The smell of baking and the smell of the trees and pomades bring back comfy feelings of home.
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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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1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? \n\nEgg nog. But I really like Hot Buttered Rum best of all.\n\n2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wrapped, with the prettiest paper possible.\n\n3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? \nWhite on the tree, colored on the house.\n\n4. Do you hang mistletoe? \nSometimes.\n\n5. When do you put your decorations up? \nAs soon as I can manage after Thanksgiving.\n\n6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? \nI do a heckuva darn good turkey, with fresh herbs and aromatics.\n\n7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: \nDecorating the tree every year. The one time my sister and I could manage to work together, and equitably.\n\n8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? \nI never believed in Santa.\n\n9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?\nYes, all presents opened on Christmas Eve. 'Santa' leaves treats and small gifts in our stockings by the fireplace.\n\n10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? \nA variety of the lovliest ornaments I can find, in rich colors and sparkly, and then a sprinkle of gold angel hair instead of tinsel to give it a shimmery glow that isn't gawdy.\n\n11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? \nIt doesn't snow in Phoenix. We may drive up North to see it once in a while but I don't need it.\n\n12. Can you ice skate? \nYes. Badly. \n\n13. Do you remember your favorite gift? \nThe deep, warm red robe my husband picked out for me one year. I was flattered he remembered my favorite color and had picked out such a pretty robe without even any hints from me.\n\n14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Celebrating with family, of course! \n\n15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? \nBlack Forest Trifle. My specialty that I only make for Christmas: layers of chocolate sponge cake, cherry pie filling, and chocolote pudding, drizzled with Grand Marnier and topped with whipped cream.\n\n16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? \nEvery evening this season I take the kids to walk around the neighborhood to see all the lights everyone puts up. It's really amazing.\n\n17. What tops your tree? \nA point that is round at the bottom and then ends in a spire. It's red with gold glittery lace decorations. \n\n18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? \nGiving. I have a hard time thinking of things I want for myself, but I love to buy presents for my loved ones.\n\n19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? \nJingle Bells, traditional version.\n\n20. Candy Canes! yuck or yummy? \nNeutral. I like the fruit flavored ones okay but I much prefer other kinds of candy.\n\n21. Favorite Christmas Movie? \nGot to be A Christmas Story.
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I had never gotten a Light Bright either but one year for Christmas my grandmother asked everyone in my family the question "what did you always want for Christmas as a child and never got?"   That year for Christmas I got a Light Bright (I was already an adult!)  my stepfather got a remote control car, my mother got a Barbie make up doll.  It was hysterical.  \n\nI never had the game "Life" so I got it when I got old enough to buy it myself!
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My neighborhood goes beserk with lights, so I love taking the kids around to look at them. It's family time that's full of wonder and the celebration of light in the darkest time of the year - all that Yule is to me.