Childhood memories about Christmas as a child you tell your children.?

Question

At Mom's Funeral 5 monthes ago we told of how dad fought with her because he did not wish to celebrate Christmas holiday) . Momma won and she said come on kids and we walked a mile or so to the woods in Kerrvile Texas and she would chop down the "best tree" she could find and dragged it home with us following behind and she would let us decorate it the best way we could (we were very poor) we had a field day and as she was told "no"again she said awwww hell no and she would stand at the salvation army for hours and ask for toys for her children and I remember her doing her best to wrap them just like they were new ! Back then the salvation army only gave used toys mostly, that was early 60's, OH but there was one dollor plastic doll (same one) I got every year I will never forget the smell of the plastic. Mom, she was a warrior and she fought for our right to celebrate Christmas and she took us to church and even though dad was there he was huffing mad !! I gave in her memory this year

Answer 1

Thank-you for sharing your precious memory. Your momma sounds like a lady worth knowing and I'm sure she was honoured to have a daughter who appreciated her.

Merry Christmas! I know your momma will always be with you and that is the best memorial of all.

Answer 2

I have many of them, but the one I tell my children, all their lives, is when I got up real early on Christmas eve, I was about 7 or so, and caught Dad putting our new "Schwinn" Bicycles together, it was then i realized that there was no Santa, that Mom and Dad did all this. I was kinda dissappointed, but it soon passed when I got back up the next morning and saw all the presents. Kinda disheartening, but reality was to set in soon enough. Thank for the memories here, Have a Merry Christmas to you and yours.