Fun Christmas Memories & Traditions
Like most other kids, Christmas was always the holiday to look forward to. Over the years there were many things that seemed to reoccur and made the holiday special. These are just a few of the most memorable things I remember from Christmas's past. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
1. The Christmas TV specials! I always had to watch Charlie Brown, Rudolph and The Grinch. Frosty, The Little Drummer Boy and It's a Wonderful Life are also notable. This was before cable, VCR's, DVD's and DVR's, so if you missed a special you wouldn't get to see it until the next year.
2. Getting a real tree. My mom would take us to the local grocery store to find a real tree. My sister and I always got to decorate the tree. In those days icicles were big so the tree had to be covered with a good layer of shiny silver icicles.
3. In later years my grandma decided it was easier and cheaper to wrap everything in tin foil. It became a family joke but always reminds me of Christmas. She always wanted to collect the foil and reuse it the next year.
4. Eating cream peas and poofy marshmallow salad. The only time we got to eat these treats was Thanksgiving and Christmas. We also always had a good selection of hot rolls.
5. Always having one big unwrapped gift from Santa. That gift was the first thing you saw and made the entire morning. We were never allowed to open anything on Christmas Eve.
1. The Christmas TV specials! I always had to watch Charlie Brown, Rudolph and The Grinch. Frosty, The Little Drummer Boy and It's a Wonderful Life are also notable. This was before cable, VCR's, DVD's and DVR's, so if you missed a special you wouldn't get to see it until the next year.
2. Getting a real tree. My mom would take us to the local grocery store to find a real tree. My sister and I always got to decorate the tree. In those days icicles were big so the tree had to be covered with a good layer of shiny silver icicles.
3. In later years my grandma decided it was easier and cheaper to wrap everything in tin foil. It became a family joke but always reminds me of Christmas. She always wanted to collect the foil and reuse it the next year.
4. Eating cream peas and poofy marshmallow salad. The only time we got to eat these treats was Thanksgiving and Christmas. We also always had a good selection of hot rolls.
5. Always having one big unwrapped gift from Santa. That gift was the first thing you saw and made the entire morning. We were never allowed to open anything on Christmas Eve.
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