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12-17-2012 at 6:26 PM
HappyMama3...
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I'll never forget the Christmas when...

*fill in the blank*

For me... I'll never forget the Christmas when I opened a present I wanted SO badly and peeked inside... it was a pocket watch... I was so guilty I re-wrapped it and TOLD my Mom.  And, of course I will also never forgot the Christmas we got engaged in the sun on the same beach we had our first kiss.

And, the soon approaching Christmas I gave birth!  Geesh!Wink


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12-17-2012 at 7:06 PM
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My mom kept telling me "If you don't beliece, you won't receive." She had me convinced I was only going to get 1 gift because "santa" didn't appreciate not being believed in. (Family drama, I never got to 'believe' santa was real. So, I knew it was my parents all along.)

I didn't believe her... and when I came down that morning, there was only 1 gift under the tree. She had found a HUGE box and wrapped everything and put it in that box and wrapped that box.



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12-17-2012 at 7:11 PM
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I woke up with the flu and laid on the couch all day.
12-17-2012 at 7:23 PM
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After we had opened our presents, dad was setting up my new Barbie house and told me to go get his screwdriver that was in the kitchen... I walked in there and there was a play kitchen all covered with streamers and bows! I was over the moon that morning!

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12-17-2012 at 7:23 PM
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Yours reminded me of mine!

I will never forget the Christmas (well, week before Christmas) when my brother and I, both just beyond the age of believing in Santa, climbed through the garage and found ALL our gifts hidden in trash bags. We looked at every single one of them.  Afterward I felt so guilty that I went inside, sat my mom down (with my brother right there ready to k-i-l-l) me and confessed.  My mom was livid and said we weren't getting any of it....she eventually calmed down and Christmas was normal, we got all the gifts....I wish I hadn't confessed because as a parent now I would hate it if the entire surprise was ruined and my kids saw every gift beforehand!

I will also never forget the Christmas morning when I was 5 and woke up covered in chicken pox.  At least the toys were a big distraction.


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12-17-2012 at 8:08 PM
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My brother, who was 3 at the time, woke up at 4am and "destroyed christmas".

My parents used to double gate the hallway where our bedrooms were, which restricted our access to the bathroom, linen closet, and their bedroom. One gate would go on the bottom, flush with the floor because I have a sister who was a pro at playing field mouse and could squeeze under even the tiniest bit of space, and one just above it (after instilling the fear of all that was holy that if we climbed over both we would surely fall and crack our heads open like eggs and spend all Christmas in the hospital).  Apparently the space between them was JUST enough for my brother to get his fat little head through. He started off by throwing all the extra rolls of toilet paper from the linen closet out through the gap in the gates.

At some point he painted the floor with shaving cream, and then decided to see if he could get himself through the gate. He opened every single present under the tree, took all the candy out of people's stockings and hid it in the couch cushions, and then apparently guilt took over because he re-wrapped some presents with toilet paper and was trying to climb back through the gates. We were all awoken at 6 something to him screaming because he was stuck trying to get back through the gates. 

Also he did not like a few of his stocking stuffers (we've always gotten socks, underwear, and a toothbrush in our stocking in addition to candy and little novelty gifts) so he threw them out the dog door into the snow. 

This will be the second year we can't double gate his bedroom door before he wakes up as a reminder because he's in the military and stationed across the country, and last year he was in Afghanistan.


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12-17-2012 at 9:16 PM
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The year I got a Barbie dreamhouse. I was so excited!

The year all my cousins and family all made it to grandmom's house. There are 12 first cousins! It was so much fun!

The year my mom bought me a bra for Christmas. I was nine. I was devestated. I cried and cried. They didn't make cute little sporty bras then either. It was a old uncomfortable kind with lots of straps. I also have a Dec. birthday and as a fun bday/xmas gift the next year, I started my period at age 10. It was not a fun two years.

The year my DH bought me an ink cartridge to a printer we didn't own and a flashlight for Christmas because he forgot to go shopping and waited until ten o'clock at night on Xmas eve. That also marks the year we stopped buying gifts and just started doing stocking stuffers only...it's really simplified the process.  He can find decent stocking stuffers on xmas eve that don't disappoint. Stick out tongue


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12-18-2012 at 4:15 AM
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The year I woke up and walked into my parents bedroom to find my mom forcing orange juice down my dad's throat because he was having a diabetic reaction :

But other than that, every Christmas as a kid was amazing because I would always find our living room completely filled with presents!
12-18-2012 at 7:13 AM
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I was 7, and my WHOLLLLE family was around the tree at my grandmas house to take the family picture, and as soon as the flash went off I threw up everywhere. It was a beautiful picture hahahaaha. This year my baby boy will be born on Xmas day so I'm sure that will trump everything.

 
12-18-2012 at 8:23 AM
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I have tons of fun christmas stories.

 

One year I got fuzzy socks and gloves. I opened the box, and literally, I was in the process of taking them out, and my cat came up to me, snatched the socks and ran off. Right out of the box. lol.

 

 

Another Christmas, the same cat (his first christmas actually) got into a catnip toy, and ingested TOO MUCH. (Rare to do so, FYI.) He went bonkers. He threw up everywhere, started basically hallucinating, and freaking out at every little thing. Well, my dad had already opened part of his stocking... a carton of those malted milk ball thingies. He put the opened carton back in his stocking. My cat decided he wanted the stocking. So he grabbed it and took off through the kitchen. The balls started flying out, which FREAKED my cat out, so he kept running frantically, away from any of the balls/noises, but refused to let go of the stocking. He also couldn't quite focus either, so he kept running into the island/walls/table. My parents were in the living room laughing their butts off. He finally was able to calm down, but yeah.



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12-18-2012 at 8:38 AM
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I'll never forget the Christmas when...

My sister and I finally were in a position to purchase gifts for my mom using our own money. Money was tight most of the time growing up, but my mom was a GREAT mom and always made all those little sacrifices and worked her butt off, etc. to give us a decent childhood. The first Christmas my sister and I were able to work and have our own money, we got her a stand mixer and a brand new crockpot (2 things she had been wanting for awhile, but could never scrape together the $30-50 to get one. She had 5 kids, something else always needed to be bought instead.)

She made Christmas candy, so we gave her the stand mixer early. We didn't wrap it, just set it in the middle of the entry hall with a bow on top when she was due to be home from work and completely ignored it. She thought that was it. We wrapped the empty crockpot box (crockpot tucked safely under my bed) to throw her off, so when she opened a new crockpot Christmas morning she actually started crying. It was awesome and probably one of my favorite Christmases ever. 


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12-18-2012 at 8:46 AM
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I was at the age when you are in limbo about believing in Santa. My mom attemped to continue the magic by putting out "reindeer food" in our front yard the night before Christmas. I woke up the next morning and it had snowed just enough to cover up our footprints in the yard and all I could see were dozens of deer hoofprints. Apparently a whole family of deer had decided to run through our front yard during the night ... needless to say it made for a perfect Christmas for my parents and a slightly confused child.

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12-18-2012 at 2:54 PM
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I have two:

When I was 6 and woke up with the chicken pox on Christmas morning.  We had to stay home :(

Three years ago when we found out I was pregnant with DD on Christmas morning.  Talk about the best Christmas gift ever!   


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12-19-2012 at 1:20 AM
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HappyMama30:

And, of course I will also never forgot the Christmas we got engaged in the sun on the same beach we had our first kiss.

We got engaged on the same beach where we had our first kiss too!!!! (It wasn't Christmas though. ;) ) 

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