just opening the presents and the meal.

the fact we celebrated some while young with the entire family on both sides......dads sister and brother had kids and we got together in a tiny flat that my grandparents had rented and everyone would eat a huge meal and then open presents on Christmas eve which continued in my parents habits with their kids after the grandfather died and was buried on Christmas eve one year long ago.....I think of that final gift he gave that he wrapped before he had heart attack in bed.....it was a pair of plaid pants.....he was a taylor and worked in a clothing store.....

my other grandfather I really only remember one Christmas and no idea what year anything really about it but it was where i remember my Mom's Mom who had mental health issues.....it is the only time I remember her was upstairs in their flat that we went to Christmas and I do not remember much more of that one than we were on a street I still know and we went up to second floor apartment....

we also had Christmas after those days stopped due to death of one grandparent on each side where we went to the local other family house to celebrate too....and we also hosted on Christmas eve at our house too.....

When I bought this house I moved in the day before Christmas eve and hosted the family here for Christmas that year with boxes everywhere and I purchased dinner from Panera where I delivered that year 2019 for everyone to have some food for dinner......we actually had 7 of us here with everything that the movers had brought in and left everywhere in the house.....also I had been moving things in my Mustang convertible and at times looked like the Beverly HILLBILLY TRUCK that Jethro drove with all the stuff tied onto the Mustang with top down hanging out everywhere.....LOL

thanks Kim for asking us to remember what we once had as a very fun portion of our lives Christmas is supposed to be fun.....

Kim, I think one of my favorite memories of Christmas Day was not when I was a child but as an adult.

We woke up on Christmas day to snow!!! It snows here about every 20 years if we are lucky. Depending what you would call "lucky". :-)

I took a picture and framed it. I look at it everyday.

Opening presents.

I don’t really have any specific memories of any one Christmas in particular. My memory just doesn’t work like that, I just remember always being happy and grateful for whatever we got. Our Christmases as kids were nothing like the Christmases I gave my kids, we were lucky if we got maybe five gifts each but we were so excited and happy to get them.

Jean you are so right. These days the kids get so much compared to what "made" our Christmas.

And Carly, you are right. Waking up to a coating of snow does really say Christmas. Now I can happily say BRING ON THE SNOW. I have 2 days left to work then I will be able to safely watch from my windows.