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sinkingfeeling

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5. We always got up around 10:30 PM on Christmas Eve and attended a

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Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:18 PM

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real candlelight service in our small country church at midnight. We then went back home and returned to bed.
I always disliked dolls and one year Santa put about 6 stuffed teddies up in the limbs of our Christmas tree. I still have 3 of those well loved teddies 70+ years later.

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Memories of Christmas past. Care to share a memory of Christmas during anytime of your life. I remember making my [View all] debm55 Dec 5 OP

Hmmmm... I was the youngest, and used to be the one FirstLight Dec 5 #1

All our Christmases have been Happy But one BOSSHOG Dec 5 #2

My brother and I got Mighty Tonka trucks for Christmas when I was 4 years old. Eugene Dec 5 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Nanuke Dec 5 #4

We always got up around 10:30 PM on Christmas Eve and attended a sinkingfeeling Dec 5 #5

Xmas with my grandparents, cousins, aunts and Uncles, and family friends Bristlecone Dec 5 #6

When I was 6, our relatives from Mississippi FirstLight Dec 5 #7

I lived on the edge of a small farming community TlalocW Dec 5 #8

Christmas Eve, a light supper followed by a nap. madamesilverspurs Dec 5 #9

The first time I bought my parents a "real" present wintemark Dec 5 #10