Last year my grandmother’s dog/companion of 10 years passed away in October. I decided we needed to get her a new companion for Christmas since it isn’t the best time of year for her (2 years ago her middle daughter passed away and she has also lost 2 other children). My siblings and my mother […]

My Fav Christmas memory would be our son Seth being born on Christmas Eve almost 2 years ago after 27 hours of labor and then an emergency c-section! It was a rough ride but SO WORTH IT. He will turn 2 in a week and we couldn’t imagine life without him! We also have a […]

Every Christmas my grandmother would make gingerbread men for her family and friends. She would make close to 100 large gingerbread men cookies and decorate each one with the faces and our names on each one. She was diagnosed with cancer and we knew it would be our last Christmas with her. My aunt made […]

Every Christmas day, my family would travel to see my great grandmother. Every year, regardless of what time of day we would get there, she would always make us wait to take pictures… until she got “her hair” on. (Put her wig on). Makes me smile every time I think about it. It truly is […]

One of my favorite Christmas memories took place three years ago. It was our first Christmas with my daughter. My husband had 2 back surgeries earlier that year and my daughter came two weeks after his second back surgery. We had no money and was at the lowest point we had ever been. Having two […]

In 1988, I was pregnant with my 4th child. I developed complications that landed me in the hospital in Houston for 3 months. It was Christmas Eve – all my family was at Mom’s celebrating Christmas – including my husband and 3 children. Hard as it was, we were trying desperately to keep up traditions and […]

I would have to say it is the Christmas that my mom got me and my sisters one of those plastic play kitchens. I remember hearing her putting it together or what I thought was her putting it together. Christmas morning we woke up and there was my mom and this beautiful new toy for […]

I think it was when my daughter was about 6-7 she really wanted a electric scooter. We attended the BCS Parade that year and she had her letter ready, but we forgot to put a return address on it. So I searched frantically for a pen as Santa came and passed. A Bryan Motorcycle cop […]

Camping at Lake Livingston State Park in a travel trailer. We had all of the kids with us. Had a little bitty Christmas tree with the presents all draped over the seats. When the kids woke up we read the Christmas Story from Luke 2 and opened presents. After that we ate breakfast cooked on the […]

When I was young, my family would have a big wagon of dozens of different toys (we have a big family & money was kind of scarce) near the bon fire. All us kids would pick out toys each to bring home & we would play with them out in the pasture. This is my […]

Christmas Day 2017, my High School ,and still best friend, came to my house to exchange gifts. Some backstory on my friend’s family is that every family gathering of theirs was filled with anger and decade old grudges. Some of her relatives had even been disowned for rather small matters While my friend was there, […]

When I was little there was six of us in the house and my parents didn’t make a lot of money. One Christmas my dad, who was in construction, got laid off and we only had mom’s secretarial income to support the family. Dad was an awesome welder and could think outside the box. Mom and […]

When I was a young girl, we would go to our Mamaw and Papaws. We would act out the Christmas story, before we opened presents.

My Mother entered a Nursing Home in Waco the week before she died. She wished to celebrate Christmas so my wife and I went out and got a prelit Christmas Tree for her and her neighboring roommate. The children’s choir from 7th and James Baptist Church came to sing carols. She lost consciousness during the […]