My name is Brittny and I am a 22 year old female. Last Christmas I received many great gifts but my favorites were my iPod, my Desperate Housewives Season 2 DVD Set and some Black Ugg boots I really wanted. Read More »

My family has a slightly non-traditional Christmas, as we are Pagan and actually do our celebration on the Winter Solstice instead. Last year for Yule, my husband took my three-year-old son shopping with him so that our son could pick out a gift for Mama himself. Read More »

Last Christmas, I received a big red blanket from my boyfriend. I needed a new blanket very badly; however, I decorate and match everything perfectly, so when He got me a red blanket, when what I really needed was a navy blue blanket, I wasn’t sure what to do. Read More »

I’m a thirty year old female. Last Christmas, I received several gifts for the baby I was expecting at the time. Because I was pregnant, I didn’t have a lot of gift suggestions for people. Read More »

About three weeks before Christmas, I was supposed to drive down to my boyfriend’s parents’ lake house. It is in the middle of nowhere, which means that there is little to no cell phone service.

I knew that I would be driving back with my boyfriend, so I didn’t worry about printing off directions. It is only an hour away from my house, and I had been there before. I was sure I’d remember how to get there.
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From the time I was a kid I’ve always preferred a more “childish” Christmas tree and sparse decorations. My mom was more of a formal tree and lots of decorations type of person. So at our house we had two trees, and my brother and I insisted that we put the presents under the “real” tree, and not the silly-looking pink Victorian thing she came up with!

Now that I have my own place and can do what I like, I opt for a tree with multi-colored lights and nostalgic and homemade ornaments. My husband and I bought a pre-lit artificial tree a few years back, as we often make the six hour drive to visit my parents for the holiday and cannot justify having a real tree.
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When I got married in 1975 I married in to a family that owns a ceramic shop. I made a lot of things for me and gifts for family members mainly at birthdays or Christmas because starting out and with kids well you know how things can be.

My mom had said that she would like to have a church but she could not make it because of her hands.
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Last Christmas was wonderful for me. I had just moved back to California after four years of living out of state, I was living in a new house, and celebrating my son’s first Christmas.

The holidays are always a stressful time for me, doing all the shopping for three young boys is never easy, trying to determine which things they would enjoy getting the most. Then there is the planning and cooking of the meal that I love to do, but my family always comes over to celebrate with us and that can get a bit out of hand, especially as the day wears into evening and the champagne, wine and beer start to flow.
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Last Christmas brought gifts of candy from my children and a pair of white gold hoop earrings from my husband. I knew I was receiving this gift because I picked them out myself! I saw this particular pair in the finer jewelry area of Wal-Mart and fell in love with them. We put them on layaway and paid for them in a few installments.

I am a 51 year old female who knows what she likes. I also know my husband has a terrible time trying to figure out what to get me for Christmas, birthday or anniversary. Some years I know exactly what I’d like several months ahead of time, other years I haven’t a clue.
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Christmas in our family is a very special time. It’s a time for getting together and celebrating. The steamer trunk that my great Uncle John used when he came from Sweden is where Christmas ornaments are stored. We always go get a live spruce tree, string it with lights and of course make sure it’s not crooked in the tree stand.

Then it’s time to start unwrapping ornaments. Some of them have been in the family for a very long time. Some are from WW1 when my parents were first married.
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