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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 06:34 PM Original message |
If you did celebrate Dec. 25th as a child, what is your fondest memory? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, my red Western Flyer bike. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's nice you got what you wanted! |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. When I knocked over the Christmas tree on my mother |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Cha-Cha heels? |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. 'Female Trouble' is great, as are all Waters' movies |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. New roller skates! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I remember that skate key and how I loved it too! |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. Waking up when Mom was fumbling with the presents and confirming: No Santa Claus, but a great Mom |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. You are a great kid to not have said a thing. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. my first connection as a friend to my mom and not just daughter...I was 12 |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. what a great memory. Mine isn't quite so 'Norman Rockwell' as yours |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. LOL! What a scene to behold! |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
46. fun? |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was about 7 or 8, and I got a white football. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Of course it was cooler! |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bikes. The year everybody in the family got one and it snowed. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. That's a beautiful memory! |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. yeah. It was a good year. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. My dear Breeze54! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Awe, that's such a nice, warm memory, Peggy... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't really have one fond memory, rather it's a bunch of memories. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. They made it very special for you and your brother. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. My favorate holiday memories are usually less about the presents and |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I remember the smells from back then too ~ The pies and cookies baking, |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. They say scents can trigger the strongest memories. :) |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Speaking of smells and tree's and all that.... |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That would be rather difficult this year... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Sounds like a lot of planning! -- Driving stick isn't that hard...first off...relax! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. The only part I'm really worried about is stopping and starting. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Then just shift to neutral after you slow down from down shifting and |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. The year that I made my mother happy. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. That's a sweet story, Gormy Cuss. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. And you know, to him that mug said |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. Early on, it was waking up to find that Santa had brought the tree and presents. Also |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Cats and tree's ..argh! - LOL! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. We learned to tie the tree to the wall. Also learned the hard way about tinsel |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. when my grandparents came across the street after breakfast to see our stuff |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Awe! Grandparents must be the best! |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. oh man he would just love the internet, the discussion forums, the whole |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. and well loved by many.... |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
35. not so much a particular memory, more of a tradition |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. You both found a way to have peace and enjoy the day! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. carrying the Baby Jesus figurine to the creche Christmas Eve |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I forgot all about the Christmas Eve masses! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I was in the church choir and also played organ in church for a while |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
45. I remember one year |
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