• Blogmas,  Christmas,  Family,  Holidays

    Christmas in the Eyes of a Child, Looking Back

    Blogmas Day 7: Today I am looking back at Christmas, and sharing with you what it was like as a child. This is what sticks in my head in my memories. I will write as if it were “one Christmas” and make it as vivid for you, as if you were there too. While I am picking one certain year to write about, the exact facts may not have happened THAT particular year but in some year around that time. Childhood Christmas Memories, Columbia, TN circa 1969, six years old, almost seven. Sonya stepped off the school bus, walked the short driveway, and came into the side door of the…

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    Sharing a Sneak Peek of Christmas Past as Written in My Christmas Memories Book

    Blogmas Day 6. Hope you like the Blogmas Days! It’s kinda fun on my end too! Written, December 31, 1994 into the Christmas Memories book, given to me by my grandmother. Katy was 2. “I cannot begin to describe our Christmases in this book. My words could not do justice to how special Christmas really is. Neither can I begin to list/remember and try to capture every gift, card, and moment without going insane!! I will say that in both my family and George’s family, Christmas has been both BIG and SPECIAL! We have truly been blessed. We all do too much gift giving and spend way beyond our means.…