My favorite Christmas story happened many years ago. We had family visiting in the area prior to Christmas and an unusually cold snap hit NC. Guests who were visiting and planning to go home before Christmas couldn't get cars to run due to the terrible cold. So family members with children had to stay with us through Christmas. The children were young and Santa had to visit. So on Christmas Eve, we were sorting through presents and dividing up gifts for Santa to give to the visiting cousins, of which there were many. So Christmas morning everyone had gifts and, even today, my children and all of the cousins still say it was one of the most memorable Christmases.