Re: Childhood holiday memories

From: Neal (nbrown12_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:00:46 -0700

We are going to have our Christmas dinner, traditional, of course, with a
huge turkey at Kristin and Ron's house tonight. It should be interesting,
to say the least.

There will be Ron and Kristin, Ron's two teenage children, Ron's
ex-girlfriend Mona with her three children, her next ex-husband Ken, who
lives with Kristin and Ron, rents a room, her present boyfriend and his two
children, Laura who lives with Kristin and Ron, also rents a room, Martha
and I, our oldest son Kevin and his wife Jenny and their three boys, our
youngest son Roger and his ex-wife Courtney who he lives with, our youngest
daughter Sarah and her boyfriend, Henry. (He lives at home with his mother
and he got an A in trig!) 

-- 
Neal
Keep your words soft and sweet ~ Just in case you have to eat them
"djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:STBxd.8847$3X5.2331@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
> What wonderful memories. Let's see, what do I remember that stands out? We
> never had a real tree because we had a wood stove and keeping it wet so as
> not to start a fire would have been too hard, but that was okay,
artificial
> trees are nice too. There are four of us girls and growing up we didn't
have
> a lot of money, so mom shopped all year long at yard sales and the like to
> get things such as games or toys, but the clothes we got would be bought
> new. Our stockings held fruit and nuts and maybe a piece or two of jewelry
> and candy canes. Until the time I moved out at 17 Santa still visited and
so
> while gifts from mom and dad were wrapped, "Santa's" gifts were set out
> unwrapped in four spots for us girls. We would then have a big breakfast
and
> either wait for our grandparents to show up or go to their house if it was
> our turn. We have always had the traditional turkey dinner just like
> Thanksgiving. I think I remember one of my favorite years. I was around 7
or
> 8 and Charlie's Angels was the thing. I got a mannequin head with Jackie's
> hair on a wig with working curling iron, hairdryer, combs, brushes etc, so
I
> could look just like her--LOL. As for decorations, there were ornaments
that
> were special to all of us that are hanging on my mom's tree to this day.
Mom
> had two very large lighted candles that went out on the front walk. Oh
yeah,
> every Eve if the grandparents were in early my Pappap and dad told us kids
> they were sitting up all night (guns sitting across their laps) and would
> shoot any intruders (read Santa). That may seem like a harsh thing to
some,
> but to us kids it was just another of the traditions...and we all knew no
> one would ever really shoot Santa. I think the memories we're making now
are
> just as good with new traditions. We get up around 5 open presents here
and
> then travel five doors down to my parents' house and open presents there
> with as many of my sisters who were able to make the six hour trip (two
live
> here and two live in Branson area). We then have started our own breakfast
> tradition of pork brains and eggs with toast for breakfast. Then we sit
> around and put together, hook up, insert batteries, play, etc. with all
our
> new toys until about noon when dad and I then go deep fry the turkey.
Okay,
> my mouth is watering, have to go eat breakfast. Everyone, have a wonderful
> holiday season.
>
> Dani
>
> "Judity01" <judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20041219153426.07763.00002361@mb-m01.aol.com...
> > Christmas was one holiday Dad really participated in.  He'd get out the
> strings
> > of large blue lights and hang them outside around the steps to our front
> porch.
> >  I couldn't figure out why he chose blue instead of the traditional red
> and
> > green, but he was so proud of his handiwork I never questioned him on
it.
> > Besides, blue lights reflected nicely on all that white snow.
> >
> > A week or so before December 25, he'd go out to the wood lot that he
owned
> at
> > the edge of town and cut down a tree for the living room.  That evening
> we'd
> > all pitch in to decorate it; again, Dad was in charge of the little
> > multicolored strings of lights.  This was in the days when if one light
> went
> > out, the whole string was dead.  I can still hear his fingernails
clicking
> on
> > each bulb to see which ones were good and which had to be replaced.  Do
> any of
> > you have some of those lights now?
> >
> > Mum would bring out from the dining room closet the box filled with the
> fragile
> > ornaments.  My favorite one had an indentation with a little figure
inside
> > there, very old fashioned.  Of course we also had the usual ones that
seem
> to
> > break if you just looked at it.  After we had finished, Dad would turn
out
> the
> > living room light and switch on the tree lights.  Between the beauty of
> the
> > tree and the fragrance of it, that first night was magical.
> >
> > So as to not bore you with all my memories, I'll write more later if you
> don't
> > mind but would enjoy hearing how you all celebrated the holidays as a
> child.
> >
> > Judity
> >
> >
>
>

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