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The Year that Christmas Almost Didn't Happen... 
My family was considered to be poor even in a very poor neighborhood. We were what they called, “dirt poor”.

After the depression ended, we had our ...

Story of the Christmas Spiders 
A long time ago in Germany a mother was busily cleaning for Christmas. The spiders fled upstairs to the attic to escape the broom. When the house became ...

Family Christmas Traditions...
or Not!  Not rated yet
Jenna Reagan from My Homemade Decorations, Christmas Decorations!


As a kid I was always jealous of the families who had all of those special Christmas ...

Christmas Memories in Japan  Not rated yet
Christmas has always been magical for me, even before I got
married. We acquired or started a number of traditions
quite unknowingly.

When I was young ...

Collecting Christmas Ornaments  Not rated yet
Starting a collection of Christmas ornaments was never on my radar; rather, it was something that just evolved.

The first Christmas Jim & I were married,...

The Great Christmas Letter Debate!  Not rated yet
HO HO HO! It's time to get lots of holiday from the post office and dig out all those Christmas cards I bought on sale after the holidays last year.

I ...

CHRISTMAS   Not rated yet
Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. I remember when we were kids how excited we were to leave cookies, sugar cubes and milk for Santa and his ...

The Joy Of "No-Gift" Holidays  Not rated yet
*Published years ago in Inky Trail News.

When I opened the package I knew something had to be done. The quilted satin robe was lovely, but in my thermostat-...

The Simple Pleasures
of Christmas in Denver,
Many Years Ago!  Not rated yet
GOING TO SEE THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

One of the big events of the holiday season when I was a little girl in Denver, Colorado, many years ago, was getting ...

My Christmas as a Child  Not rated yet
I remember when I was a little girl, every Christmas I would write my Christmas list for Santa on the Christmas headed paper my mum would give me each ...

Christmas Memories  Not rated yet
Both parents were quite musical with mum being an accomplished pianist whilst dad played an accordion. I would shelter beneath his seemingly never-ending ...

Christmas Tamales  Not rated yet
All of the woman in our family gather at the break of dawn to begin the long process of making tamales. We would sit at the table for hours spreading the ...

Christmas Gift of Charity   Not rated yet
The gift of charity is a great Christmas tradition for my boss, Julie Colehour, and her family.

Julie gives the gift of TisBest Charity gift cards ...

Christmas memories of
Portsmouth NH  Not rated yet
This comes from a guest at the 2009 Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth NH, now in its 6th year.

I send it because it echoes what so many people ...

A Christmas Dinner to Remember  Not rated yet
When I was about seven years old my sister, my parents and I were living in my grandmother's house in Dallas with my Grandmother.

Now, my sister and ...

Christmas Tradition from Costa Rica  Not rated yet
The night of the 24th, we meet at the home of my parents. My mom makes a delicious dinner, and at midnight, we begin to open the gifts, many gifts and ...

Christmas Eve, Santa Visits!  Not rated yet
Every year we get all of our family and friends together at our house for a Christmas eve celebration. My kids, husband and I cook and we have everyone ...

Christmas Eve Tradition: The Mitten Tree...  Not rated yet
This is an annual family Christmas Eve tradition.

Every year, our church would have a mitten tree in the back of the church. This tree had mittens ...