EasyEd
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Post by EasyEd on Dec 23, 2017 10:47:04 GMT -5
Anyone care to share any memories of Christmasses past?
My lingering memory is going to midnight Mass during the World War II and follow years, serving as altar boy, and returning home where Mom would fix breakfast. After this we would open presents. My eyes still well-up at Christmas Mass, remembering.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Dec 23, 2017 11:06:28 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing, Ed.
For me, it's waking my poor parents up insanely early and the smell of my grandfather cooking sausage to go with breakfast. And, roughly every other year, dad struggling with putting together something that Santa had brought for me or my sister. My dad designed and built their house but, somehow, Santa always seemed to have forgotten a part or two seemingly just to drive him crazy. In retrospect, it could be that dad got zero sleep thanks to yours truly. It's a miracle my parents didn't disown me then. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all.
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hoyainspirit
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Post by hoyainspirit on Dec 23, 2017 11:47:59 GMT -5
I took my son horseback riding when he about 8 or 9 in an absolutely empty Audubon Park on Christmas day. Just the two of us. It was glorious!
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Dec 23, 2017 12:41:40 GMT -5
For me it is 2011 and seeing Harry and Morgan joyously riping open. Packages at Disney World. While he still had along way to go, that Christmas morning made me feel he would be okay.
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Nevada Hoya
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Dec 23, 2017 16:14:25 GMT -5
I remember fondly the Christmases past with my parents and sisters, before I went away to college. We would always have a tree downstairs and each year I would get another car for my model train set. Not too many midnight Masses, but we went during the day (before or after the opening of presents, I do not recall). Ed, I forget how the midnight Masses were managed in those days with the rigorous fast before communion.
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drquigley
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Post by drquigley on Dec 24, 2017 20:04:17 GMT -5
I think I may have just had my favorite Christmas memory. A friend just told me that Syracuse lost to St. Bonaventure 3 days ago in overtime when their forward Bisset's basket was not allowed and he was hit with a disputed charging foul instead. Oh yeah Hoya fans, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS!!!
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