Favorite Holiday Memory

[Mango]

Now that Turkey Day is over, the decorating is starting, parties, shopping wrapping etc.for the holidays, what was your favorite Holiday memory?

Mine was last year. I bought a toy for my 5 year old nephew, but he kept asking Santa for it, and he also watched the Polar Express about 100X.
On Xmas Eve, the phone rang and it played Jingle Bells, then all of sudden we heard lots of bells all around the house and glimpses of 6 elves peering in the windows. Even my 99 yr old grandpa was excited. They were dressed in red and green tights, and their ears were pointed. I will never forget my nephews face and his whole body shook when my mother picked him up to look out the window and he saw the elves run by. He ran to the door and they left him one of the first gifts of Xmas, the one he asked Santa for, and also some how magically under the tree was the same bell
the little boy in the Polar Express woke up and a note from Santa.

I do not think I will ever top that memory short of the Polar Express train pulling up on lawn.

Running to the door to catch a glimpse

The elves left a gift, and still looking to see if we can catch a glimpse. We still hear bells. ;-)

 

[30A Skunkape]

Getting a parakeet in 1980 or 1981 from Santa. I remember 'Santa' had typed basic care instructions on a piece of paper and taped them to the cage. I knew the whole Santa thing was a hoax right then and there because the typed instructions were from an old fashioned typewriter that just so happened to have the same bad qualities as my dad's.

 

[Mango]

Getting a parakeet in 1980 or 1981 from Santa. I remember 'Santa' had typed basic care instructions on a piece of paper and taped them to the cage. I knew the whole Santa thing was a hoax right then and there because the typed instructions were from an old fashioned typewriter that just so happened to have the same bad qualities as my dad's.

How do you know Santa didn't type it with your Dad's typewriter.? Santa does stuff like that you know. ;-)

 

[John R]

Favorite Thanksgiving Memory

watching Rowan fall asleep in Smiling JOe's arms.

 

[Uncle Timmy]

Well, let me share one of my family?s favorite holiday stories.

My mother?s family is from the Canadian province of Quebec. They are French speaking.

During the Second World War, my grandparents moved from their home in Quebec to a town in Ontario so my grandfather could work at a factory making war material.

Ontario is an English speaking part of Canada so at first there were more than a few language challenges for a French speaking family.

The first Christmas in Ontario, they got some Xmas cards from their new neighbors?..some of which read Season?s Greetings- and they weren?t exactly sure what that meant. You see, the French word for season is, well saison ?so that was easy; but the word Greetings when read phonetically ?sounds a lot like the French slang for skidmarks in your underwear.

Season?s Skidmarks is basically how they translated the card.

To this day ? I can crack my grandmother up by saying ?Joyeux Noel, et Greetings de la saison.? (Merry Xmas, and Season Skidmarks)

 

[Mango]

The first Christmas in Ontario, they got some Xmas cards from their new neighbors?..some of which read Season?s Greetings- and they weren?t exactly sure what that meant. You see, the French word for season is, well saison ?so that was easy; but the word Greetings when read phonetically ?sounds a lot like the French slang for skidmarks in your underwear.

Season?s Skidmarks is basically how they translated the card.

To this day ? I can crack my grandmother up by saying ?Joyeux Noel, et Greetings de la saison.? (Merry Xmas, and Season Skidmarks)

and free! That's hysterical.

 

[steele mama]

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving Memory

watching Rowan fall asleep in Smiling JOe's arms.

Ohhhh, that was sweet and a very good memory!

 

[Rudyjohn]

When I was growing up, every year on Christmas morning, we would still be asleep in my house and the phone would ring at like 5:00 or 5:30am. It would be my best friend who had already opened their gifts & was already calling to see what I got and to tell me what she got. Of course, everyone in my family always got po'd at me because it was so early. I used to sort of get nervous the night before, but she did it every single year!! I still think about it each year to this day and always remind her of it now! Believe it or not, it's actually a sweet memory for the 2 of us.

 

[KISH7374]

Lining up our 4 kids on the stairs looking down at the tree in the livingroom to take their picture. The looks on their faces as they looked at all of the presents is priceless. We did this every year until the grew up and moved out.

 

[DBOldford]

Well, this is going to be a little different. Believe it or not, I miss hearing my dad's favorite expression the minute anyone had a disagreement during the Christmas holidays, "Well, there's another Christmas...shot to h---!" We still shout this out when the tree lights won't untangle, when someone drops or spills something, or when family members first begin a bicker-fest. Stops 'em cold, as a general rule and laughter all around. My dad loved Christmas, although he never had much of one as a child himself. His favorite claim was that he broke his arm while eating breakfast one Christmas...fell out of a persimmon tree! (Ka-boom!)