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Christmas
Present
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Melissa H.
December 14,
1999
On Christmas morning, my father wakes up my sister and I, and we
sit on our parents' bed as my dad walks the dogs and my mom makes coffee. When
the coffee is all made, my dad calls my sister and I downstairs. We open our
stockings first, then my dad sits on the floor and passes out all of the
presents. After we're done, my dad makes omelets to order while mom cleans up
and my sister and put on a new holiday outfit. We then prepare for the extended
family to come visit. After opening those presents, we sit down to a buffet
dinner. We finish the day off by watching "The Ten Commandments" and I read
"Little Women" to myself. I love Christmas.
DDEE
December 14,
1999
On Christmas Eve my parents always buy us a new pair of
Christmas pajamas, then we watch Christmas Vacation. We get up the next morning,
get dressed then open presents. Then we sit around and watch old movies all day
and look at all our stuff. (Some times we re-decorate the house) then we go to
the Green Wood Inn and eat. Then we rent movies and stay up late. And right
before we go to bed we read 'Twas the Night before Christmas.
Lynne Quinn
December 13,
1999
On Christmas Eve my family and I (me, mom, dad, brothers and
sisters) would always open the gifts from each other. We would then all have hot
chocolate from special mugs we used only on that night. My dad would read 'Twas
the Night Before Christmas to us and we would reluctantly go to bed. That night
my sister and I who shared a room would make the solemn pact that whoever woke
up first would wake the other one. On Christmas morning we would wake mom and
dad, then all go down together. We would dump our stockings which had fruit,
candy and small presents in them. Then dad would pass out the presents left by
Santa to each of us. Now that I'm grown and have a daughter of my own I've tried
to keep some of my old family traditions going, like reading 'Twas the Night
Before Christmas, but I also am trying to start some new traditions for our
family. Santa has left a special ornament on the tree for my little girl (she's
5) for two years in a row now, and she seems to have a lot of fun looking for
it.
Tara McClellan
December 13,
1999
On Christmas Eve we get the whole family together and have
fondue (yummy). It is our favorite time, after dinner we read the Christmas
story and open one gift. The past few years we've had Santa Claus come visit the
house and pass out candy canes. The kids are so excited and they remind Santa of
what they wanted. If the roads are good we will also load up and go look at the
Christmas lights around the town.
DIANE
December 13,
1999
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, OUR PARENTS ALWAYS LET US OPEN A GIFT. WE
ALWAYS LET OUR CHILDREN OPEN A GIFT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND I HOPE OUR CHILDREN
LET OUR GRANDCHILDREN DO THE SAME.
Edna Earle
McClusky
December 09, 1999
I was raised as an only child.
Then I had an only child. Then he married an only child. But now their family is
grown and bringing lovely new members into the family and it just makes
Christmas better and better. We have a large tree and presents at my son and
daughter-in-law-s house which is so nice as I am old now and am so ready to turn
over the family traditions to the next generation. Of course it is not as much
fun as when I was doing all of the shopping for everyone and cooking the meal.
My husband always carved the turkey, and when my son married he has always had
the honor and it was so wonderful at Thanksgiving to see my newly married
grandson assume the role.
Sheryl Ruffino
December 09,
1999
Our families are spread throughout Texas and Louisiana. But no
matter which city or whose house we are in, we always say a prayer of
thanksgiving before sitting down to a wonderful dinner lovingly prepared. Then,
we allow the kids to grab their gifts and "let 'er rip"! We have so much fun
watching them that, sometimes, we neglect to open our own--but not for long!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Amie
December 05,
1999
My parents had a rule on Christmas Eve. As long as we truly went
to sleep, whenever we woke up we were allowed to wake everyone up & open
presents, no matter what time it was. Many of our Christmases were celebrated at
2:00 a.m.! In fact, my first Christmas away from home, I had woke my husband,
opened our gifts and was knocking on my parents door waking them up at 2:15 a.m.
The tradition continues with my own children, except I have to wake THEM
up!!!!
Tiffany Lenning
November
29, 1999
On Christmas Eve we would gather by the tree, and my dad
would read to us from the Bible about Christ's birth. We would then open one
gift each. Then we would read (or quote) 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. On
Christmas morning "Santa" would have come, and we would wake up our parents and
open gifts. After the clean up of wrapping paper, around noon, we would eat,
clean up, nap, and then eat again. Isn't Christmas wonderful?!
Trudy (New Year's Blessing)
November
25, 1999
When I was a child and further on until my Grandpa passed
away, the custom in our family was for all the children and their families to
drive (usually in sleigh drawn by horses, but later cars came in to the picture)
to our grandparents house for an individual blessing by my Grandpa. Each family
knelt before my grandpa and he would bless us all as he touched each one of us
on the head and prayed for us all. We then were handed a small bag of goodies by
my Grandma and later on breakfast was served to all. At approximately 10:00
a.m., everyone bundled up and attended New Year Day church service. Afterwards,
everyone proceeded to their homes. Dinner was served in one of the family homes
and with everyone once more gathered together, we celebrated the New Year
together.
Brit &
Brittany
November 23, 1999
We give presents and get
presents and enjoy our family!
Brandon R.
November 23,
1999
My mom makes spice tea, then we eat our Christmas dinner. When
we're done with that we go to our Christmas tree and open presents.
Don
November 20,
1999
When young we wore long stockings, so we hung them up by the
register.
Geertrui
November 11,
1999
Every house we went to on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we
made hand made ornaments and we hung one on each tree before we left.
JanJan
October 31, 1999
We
always hung our children's stockings on their bedroom door. That way we would
hear them when they got up (and get a chance to wake up). It always included a
snack so "maybe" they would eat a little something before coming to the front
room. There were little packs of raisins, a banana and an orange in the toe and
sometimes cereal. My parents always put an orange in the toes. Of course, there
were also little gifts to open. God Bless you all.
Joan
October 01, 1999
Every
year for the past 30 years I have saved one or two decorations from our gift
boxes to be added to the tree decorations. Needless to say our tree is full of
memories from Christmas past.
Susan
September 20,
1999
Well I don’t know if this is a tradition or just strange luck.
When I was a kid every year a day or two before Christmas our tree was
demolished. One year, someone with a wee too much to drink fell on it. Then my
baby sister pulled it over (she was okay). Of course, the cats victimized the
tree several years, and so on... So, each year we bought new
ornaments!
Manuel
June 01, 1999
During
the holiday family gatherings, coins would be thrown up into the air and all us
kids would scramble to get them. I think it's a Mexican tradition, at least our
grandparents were from Mexico and they started the tradition.
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