Comments on: Christmas Memories: Magical Mornings

By: chappyswife

chappyswife — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:48:27 +0000

Hi, Katrina! Just dropping in to say “Hi” and “Happy New Year!” Your site looks great. I hope this is the best year ever for you and your family. God bless you!

Shawna

By: Tanya

Tanya — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:04:42 +0000

The kids always manage to wake up before us on Christmas morning. I have tried in the past having them wait to open presents until after breakfast. I have also tried having something premade to stick into the oven while the paper is being shreded. This year I came up with the idea of baking yummy, somewhat healthy oatmeal cookies after they went to bed Christmas Eve and slipping them into their stocking. I reasoned that they did not have any more sugar than any other breakfast treat I would make for the occaision. So this year I relaxed and drank my coffee as my kids were amazed that their mom and dad would actually let them have cookies for breakfast! Don’t worry, they had a great lunch and dinner.

By: Lisa writes...

Lisa writes... — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:48:23 +0000

What a great tradition…though I’m sure your parents were exhausted!

Merry belated Christmas, my friend!

By: AngeleyesBlue

AngeleyesBlue — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:29:38 +0000

I don’t have a website I just wanted to say Merry Christmas Things change when you kiddos get older. They really do. We actually celebrated the holiday this year Christmas Eve so we wouldn’t have to get up early yesterday. I was still up at 6AM. I know we took a vote BUT noone asked my bladder. We need to get up early this morning as both teens are going to Winter church camp in CO with the snow?!

Daddy is angry and I am cold. We will get the kids up soon…I think?

Have a great Holiday All!!!

By: Alyce

Alyce — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:25:36 +0000

Merry Christmas!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:16:04 +0000

Thank you for remembering the Christmas Surprise. I don’t know how it all got done, either. Sometimes it was 3 or 4 in the A, M. when we fell into bed. Then about 6:30 we were wakened by two excited kids. Don’t forget, we had the ice cream store, so your father closed that at 4:00, scrubbed the ice cream machine(about an hour), scrubbed the floor and locked up. Then he went to pick up the tree, which was ordered at Walp’s. We never could have hidden the tree from you two. Christmas was an exciting time, and so meaningful. Love, Mom

By: Wels

Wels — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:53:10 +0000

Kara or I write a poem (before Chirstmas) and read it Christmas morning then we give thanks to God for his blessing before we open pressents. After the presents are opened we head over to my mom’s house for time with family, where I impatiently wait for Katrina’s husband to show up so we can go on a Christmas bike ride.

By: Jean Stockdale

Jean Stockdale — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:01:52 +0000

We start Christmas morning with a wonderful homemade pastry a dear friend has prepared for our tradition for the last 20 years. We share the Christmas story out of Luke 2 and spend some time in prayer. My husband writes an elaborate treasure hunt for our boys. Solving the riddle moves them one step closer to their gift. Although he began this tradition when the boys were young, we have continued it and are watching our sons repeat it with their sons. Blessings for a wonderful Christmas.

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:47:55 +0000

I loved going to my grandparents for Christmas dinner. My grandfather wanted everyone around one table – it would start in one room and go all the way into another. ( one year he sat on the head of the table in the living room and my grandmother was at the other end in the dinning room).
This year we get to go dinner at my grandmothers and I am all excited since this will be the first year that my kids get to have Christmas dinner with Great Grandma – I loved all the smells of the dinner and the pies she has after.

Oh – and I did go on hunts for gifts.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:52:15 +0000

For so many years we went to two houses after we opened our own gifts….it was rough, too much Christmas is not a good thing. For the past 3 years we have been enjoying Christmas with just our family and then seeing our relatives after or sometimes before. In the afternoon we always drive to look at lights….sometimes for hours, so many people take them down the next day and we all love seeing them. It’s exciting but a relaxing day all the same~