Christmas Memories

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Has to be my uncle reading 'The night before christmas' every year. He reads it to the whole side of my family, and still does even though the youngest person there is 16. Most of mu cousins are now mid-late 20s.
It's great cause my uncle over emphasizes everything and ad-libs alot.


And...
Recently, I listen to the Chef Perry CD every christmas. It's hilarious. Go to here to get it

[Amanda Morrison]

I think my best memories come from Christmases when my brother and I were very little. A couple days before Christmas, we'd pull everything out to decorate: bags of misshapen, homemade ornaments from Girl Scouts days, Andy's preschool wonders, our ages-old barren tree, etc. (No fancy ornaments for this family... unless they were made with popsicle sticks and glitter.) We had an old record player with a tape deck, and we'd always play this homemade tape of Beach Boys and Barbara Streisand Christmas music, and run around the house like little maniacs.

One Christmas in particular, though, Andy got a tricycle. Too little to pedal it yet, he climbed aboard and promptly fell off with a giggle. That same Christmas, when asked about another newly opened present, he replied happily, 'Gocks!' (Socks.)

[Breanne M]

i remember one christmas when i was about 5 or 6 (and small for my age), there was a HUGE box under the tree. i remember that i kept hoping it was one of those jeeps that you can "drive for real", the barbie kind (except i wanted the boy one cause i didn't like pink) and when i opened it... it was an enourmouse doll house!...lol, only thing is, i ended up playing with the box more than the actual doll house. i was in that box all day everyday. i would draw on the sides, and play rocket ship and pirate, and pretend it was a cave, and even when i wasn't playing with the actual box, i would play IN the box... like coloring or whatever i did when i was a kid. my mom even had to make a little bed in it cause i insisted on sleeping in it. it lasted for a few weeks surprisingly. i'd have to say that was one of the best presents ever.

[kpugh]

Soooooo many good Christmas memories! I just love this time of year!

Every year when we decorate the Christmas tree we have super thick chocolate milkshakes that my Dad makes. Seems silly to have such a cold beverage in the winter, but we enjoy it

Every year I pick one of the uglier ornaments I made as a little kid (although when I was a kid I thought they were pretty ) and I put it somewhere on the front of the tree and see how long it takes my Mom to find it and move it to the back of the tree again.

When my brother and I were little we would always insist on playing our Care Bears Christmas record on Christmas morning while we were opening our presents.

[Ashley Weed]

With my very strong and close roots in my German heritage, Christmas is "the holiday season" for us. With our season starting the weekend prior to Thanksgiving through January 6th, it is packed full of special days. Some of my fondest memories are St. Nicholas Day on December 6th, and the greatness of die zweite Weihnachten (Boxing Day/ 2nd Day of Christmas).

.... looking forward to even more xmas memories.