Category Archives: Christmas Memory

Last night we enjoyed a beautiful Christmas service and worship time. As we open up presents today, share a meal, and celebrate Christ's birth, please reflect upon a profound question that Jesus asked us: WHO DO YOU SAY I AM? If you answered "God is with us " praise God you are correct. Read Isaiah…
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Growing up near Philadelphia I moved with my family to Florida in 1970.  I really missed the change of seasons, the beautiful colors of the leaves on the trees in the fall, and the silence of the first snowfall in winter.  This is how Thanksgiving and Christmas were heralded in for me as a child. …
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There are so many Christmas memories for me so I’ll say my favorite memory is the being with our son and his wife and creating new Christmas traditions with them.
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Growing up in Chicago as an only child had its advantages but never more than at Christmas. My memories of our Christmas celebrations are filled with warmth and love. We had many shared Christmas traditions but my favorite was a walk down State Street to view the enchanting window displays. Even though we were completely…
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In 1942  getting the big  doll, which I still have.
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We have chili and guacamole for our Christmas dinner each year, our daughter Stephanie loves it and really gets upset if we try to do anything else - she is 40 this year, but an eternal child at Christmas!!  We vary what else we make but that is our tradition, BJ grew up in Corpus…
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One of my favorite Christmas memories is a Sunday School party we had at our house back in 1980.  Our pastor and friends from that little church in Lexington gathered at our home for a time of food and fellowship.  We topped it off by doing some Christmas caroling in the neighborhood.  But, as we opened our…
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I have many:  A couple are making my mom’s date cake and lighting luminarios.
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