The Christianville Spirit: Favorite Christmas Memories

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December 20th, 2017-TCS # 575

Well, My Readers, It is that Time of Year, My Favorite Time of Year, Christmas. I know I said that probably Last Week and The Week before, but I mean it Every Time. Christmas is My Most Favorite Time of The Year. Every Year, in The Start of The Month I start to write about December and How Much I Love Christmas, then I get to This Week’s Newsletter, Perhaps One of The Biggest Newsletters in My Schedule, My Annual Christmas Newsletter, and Sometimes I use all the Good Ones up during My other December Joy Newsletters. It is Difficult to come up with a Topic after All of Those Brilliant Topics before. So, I have talked about My Favorite Christmas Songs as well as Favorite Christmas Movies and Of Course, Last Week’s Newsletter about My Ideal Christmas and Christmas Romanticism. So, We have focused on Christmas Present with Music and Movies and Christmas Future with Ideal Christmas and Christmas Romanticism, but aren’t we missing Something Here?! (as I wondered in My Head). Well, I came up with My Own Christmas Song This Year...Hmm, Too Much of Christmas Future! (Although It is a Good Song!). Well, If Anyone knows The Story I am Referring to, There must be a Another Part! Christmas Past! I don’t think I focus on that too much in My Newsletters at Christmas. In My Head, I do. I remember all The Great Memories I had at Christmas Time. But, I wondered in My Head about This Week’s Newsletter about My Favorite Christmas Memories. So, That is what I am going to Write about for My Christmas Newsletter This Year, My Favorite Christmas Memories!

So, The First Christmas Memory that is My Favorite happened when I was a Kid. It was because of This Memory that I still believe in Santa Claus. This was at a Time when My Brother and I shared The Same Room with Bunkbeds. Actually, We shared a Room up until High School because Little did I know at The Time, My Brother really enjoyed My Nightly Humming. Whether I was Humming the Sound of The Road or Singing a Song. It helped him get to Sleep. Anyway, I digress. I believe I was in Middle School at The Time. As I wrote in One of My Newsletters.

(From Newsletter 477)

I remember One Year that I was going to Sleep on Christmas Eve when I heard Jingle Bells in The Distance and that is How I knew Santa was coming as well as a Few Thuds on The Roof in My Childhood. So, the Magic still lives in Me! 

At The Time, I got Chills hearing The Jingle Bells and a Little Startled with The Thuds I heard, as with Any Kid excited about Santa on Christmas Eve. I thought, “It’s Santa!”. I’m not sure I told My Brother at the time or Maybe I did and He told me to “Go to Sleep”. I thought it was So Magical that I could hear Santa in The Distance. Come to Think of It, that is probably why I liked that “Santa on The Rooftop” Song from Trisha Yearwood so much. 

Another Favorite Memory that I am not sure that I have Mentioned or not, was That Every Year when I was a Kid, Santa and His Elf called Our House. From When I was a Little Child living in San Antonio to When I was in Middle School. He would call and talk to Us, He knew Things about Us and asked if We were Good or not, and Of Course, Asked us What We wanted for Christmas. We also talked to The Elf and asked about Santa’s Reindeer. I Believe that My Brother was The One who always wanted to know what Santa’s Reindeer were up to. I remember the Opening of The Call, It started with Jingle Bells and then, Santa came on. I was not sure what to do with Santa on The Phone. I thought it was Pretty Crazy that Santa was on The Phone with Us. 

My 3rd Favorite Christmas Memory was a Little More Recent. One that I mentioned in My Newsletter. This happened when My Uncle Craig was living in Dallas for a Year in 2013. Because Uncle Craig was living in Dallas, My Cousins Anna and Olivia came to visit. Anyway, It had Snowed a lot a Week before They came and It was Really Cold, Anna and Olivia thought that It was going to be Warm, so They packed for Warm Weather. Anyway, I explain in a Newsletter about “The Gift of Family”

(From Newsletter 381)

The Next Day, on Saturday, We were supposed to hang out with them during the day but, due to other things we could not. However, We did get to hang out with them in The Evening, This Time we went to My Favorite Collin County City, McKinney (the 2nd biggest Historic Downtown in Texas). So, We hopped on the road going toward Downtown to find MORE TRAFFIC, but, We were all surprised as to why. Apparently, They were having a “Parade of Lights” in Downtown McKinney. Wow! Talk about a Total Surprise! Because We didn’t know it was going to be that busy that evening. So, We stood along the street in the Freezing Cold (which was both really cold and Spirit-Lifting for Christmas) and watched all the floats, There were about 80 Floats in The Parade. We joined in the fun in yelling either, “Merry Christmas!” or “Merry Christmas Y’all!”, Anna and Olivia even joined in saying, “Merry Christmas Y’all.”

Actually, This Year, My Mom and I went to That Same “Parade of Lights”. It was pretty fun! I wanted to Re-Live that Christmas Memory, even though My Uncle Craig, Anna, or Olivia were not there, It was still Fun. So, Those are My Favorite Christmas Memories!

By The Way, I should do an Honorable Mention to those who do not celebrate Christmas. So, To You Hanukkah Celebrators, I wish you the Happiest of 8 Nights of Hanukkah. The Jewish Celebrate that, by the way. You get One Present for 8 Nights as well as Lighting The Menorah and Spinning The Dreidel. Kwanza is a Holiday celebrated in Africa. Happy Kwanza to You also! And, Finally, The Holiday of Yule. They celebrate The Winter Solstice, They are originators of the “Yule Log” and “Yule-Tide Carols”. Happy Yule to You as Well. Just thought that I would mention them all! All in all, I Hope You have An Awesome (Insert Holiday Here) and From The Bottom of My Heart, Have a Merry & Blessed Christmas!

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah (or Chanukah), Happy Kwanza, and Blessed Yule from The Christianville Spirit!