What are you favorite holiday memories?

Minestrone101Minestrone101
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Here's a short list:

  • going to New Jersey every year to visit my cousins. We played computer and video games, played hide and seek in their house (they had a huge wine cellar/crawl space in the basement)
  • going to drive through Xmas lights nearby at a university with a date. She did dump me on New Year's day, what can a guy do? lol
  • opening gifts and going sledding as a kid
  • decorating the Xmas tree each year

Comments

  • BearBear

    When I would play Santa Clause for friends, family, and at work.

  • CuddleHugs01234CuddleHugs01234
    edited December 2023

    @bear I love the Santa Outfit photo!

    A nice memory I have from childhood would be putting the icicles on the tree. Thin pieces of shiny silver that would be a mess. We always had a real tree that we would cut down ourselves and it would poke you constantly. And we had the big colored lights. And the excitement of opening gifts Christmas morning.

  • BearBear

    @CuddleHugs01234 thank you

    I remember growing up we used to have individual glass icicles that were fragile. Well, all glasses fragile but more so because we were kids and I would always help my mom decorate the tree.

  • lesmis33lesmis33

    Christmas in NYC will always have a special place in my heart. Despite being a place where people are usually so caught up in the rat race of life they don't even see you walking by, you see a huge and diverse community come together. The abundance of wholesome(and sometimes not so wholesome) revelry is such a welcome respite from a year of Sisyphean toil.

  • CuddleHugs01234CuddleHugs01234

    @bear you are welcome! That sounds like a sweet memory! 🌲 💕

  • CozyWolfyCozyWolfy

    As a kid decorating the tree while listening to Andy Williams Christmas record.

  • Maverick07Maverick07

    Going to my aunt's condo for dinner on Christmas eve.

    Following the Italian heritage on my mom's side of the family, she would prepare a banquet for about 12 people in a tiny, tiny kitchen, never following a recipe, and everything was always incredibly delicious. From all my aunts/uncles, she was also the closest one to me.

  • NickWkNickWk

    ‘nuff said.