Christmas Memories

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Emotions bubble up with each festive sound and smell. Decades 

of special  memories flitting in and out as the season evolves.

 Although the body has aged, the mind presents those

 feelings of yesteryear in a well preserved package.

Memory 1
As it snows I'm reminded of the teen  years sneaking out early

 mornings to deliver papers with an old boyfriend. Holding hands,

  stealing kisses along the way! Giggling with joy as he carried me 

over  puddles! Returning home  a few hours before anyone 

awoke, washing my hair so  snow drenched locks wouldn't

 be detected.  No one ever the wiser!

Family Room tree filled with childhood memories!

Memory 2

Blinded by white out conditions turning our hour

 commute as a young married couple, into two.

  Arriving  home to find frozen  pipes in our abode!! 

Loading snow in the tub to use as water, accidentally

 leaving the taps open  overnight, finding flooded

floors in the morning!

A Christmas Magnet for my niece of her sweet dog.

 Memory 3

 From early childhood, baking my Nana's shortbreads 

with mom on her Birthday, December 18th,

while Dad  put up the Christmas tree!

Living room Christmas tree 

 Memory 4

 It's not easy to forget the year we had so many pink lights

on our house and bushes that we tripped the breaker 

Lampoon Christmas Vacation style!  The 

next year our neighbour added the hard to find pink

lights to his regular blue ones making for a very

 matchy matchy street!

Christmas card  magnet

Memory 5

Neighbours banding together to push my jeep 

out of the knee high deep snow. Hopping on a 

neighbours ski-doo as he buzzed me all around 

the snowy neighbourhood, giggling like a school girl!

Memory 6

As a child eating Purdys chocolate while opening

  Christmas gifts, while mom and dad drank

coffee spiked with liqueur. I kept that tradition

for fourty years. Only now we don't exchange gifts,

  I rarely spike my coffee... Still we eat purdys

chocolate with coffee every Christmas morning 

while watching a Christmas movie.

 Memory 7

Cupcake was a child, it was our very  first 

Christmas dinner alone as a family of three.

We usually had family or friends around.

Just as we sat down to eat it started to snow 

very hard and Bing Crosbys White 

Christmas came on the radio capturing 

a unforgettable perfect moment!

The table center piece was a musical

 snow globe I got that Christmas!

Memory 8

One year much to my then husbands chagrin he 

bought me a microwave for Christmas. It was 

eleven hundred dollars...can you believe that?

They are so cheap and such a necessity now. 

Makes me laugh at that price! I was over the moon

excited about it! I have to admit it made life a 

lot easier! I imagine people will be laughing
about the price of cell phones one day too!

Memory 9

  Favorite Christmas gift ever was a big chunky gold

ring with a few diamonds. I loved  and wore that

ring with pride for years and years until

my divorce. Where I traded wearing gold

for silver. I still love big rings but prefer

coloured stones instead!

Beardo in the snow

The moral of my memories are. You live and learn. 

Tough times give you more appreciation for the good times!

Comedy club 2016 Christmas

 What you yearn  for so badly eventually passes or becomes antiquated.

Things you lived without for years can become a future necessities.

 Gleeful moments can be born in an unexpected situation if you

embrace the moment and take a chance!

 You don't need as much as you think you do!

What you loved yesterday you may easily

dislike tomorrow! 

Digital card  for my Niece and  fiance!  She was done 7 years ago, changed her hat.

 Good memories trump bad memories

if you let them!

I didn't send Greeting Cards this year, instead donated

towards a family whose 8 year old is fighting cancer 

and won't be home for Christmas! 

Wishing you all  Peaceful moments,

 snippets of joy, good food,

good health, and good people

in your midst!
Enjoy!

What are one of your favourite Holiday memories?