My husband and I have experienced what could be called a Christmas Miracle.

We were married in 1985, when we were both in our early twenties. We debated over the years whether or not to have children; the time just never seemed “right”.

As I entered my thirties, we decided to start a family. We never imagined that we would have any fertility problems, since noone else in our families had experienced infertility.

Month after month after month passed with no luck. After a year, we sought the help of a local infertility specialist. He found that I had
multiple issues and recommended surgery and hormone injections. Read More »

Last December 25. We went to my grand father and grand mother’s home. We spent our Christmas with my family to them.

It was touching for me for what happen, because my grand father had never go into church, what struck me most was he himself had volunteer to go with us in church.

He was so happy because were complete in Christmas. And he cry and thanked God so much for the wishes granted. and by that day we realized how important to be together.

That Christmas was so memorable to me and I’m so happy to see my grandfather’s smile and laugh. on the following day we went home, and what struck me most is my grand father whisper to me that his so happy and he cried and we hug each other. Read More »

It was Christmas eve and my two children were so excited. They were 6 and 7 years old and looking forward to Santa bringing all their presents.

I prepared a buffet that evening for my husband and children so it was a relaxed affair. We tucked into to the food about 7.30pm and watched some television while we ate.

Around 9 pm i put some music on as my daughter liked to dance and it also tired the children out so we could get them to bed in time for Santa Claus to arrive. So we danced and ate the food the atmosphere so merry, by the end of the night my feet were aching but everyone was merry.
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Christmas is a special time for our family. We are of Norwegian ancestry and it means a lot to us to follow the traditions of our parents country.

Traditionally we go out and cut down a Christmas tree about two weeks before Christmas – we have ornaments that have been passed down from generation to generation that we place on our tree.

Candles mounting on tin foil are placed on every branch (a wire is wrapped around the base of the candle, poked through the tin fold and then wired in place on the branches – in the old days they were lit but we light them only once on Christmas Day and then they are blown out but remain on the tree).

We string various nuts, paper ornaments and dried fruit which is placed on the branches in place of the artificial snow that most Americans used. Read More »

It all began in 1986. We were a young married couple with no children yet. At a Thanksgiving family get-together, I admired my cousin’s Christmas decoration which was a ceramic church.

I learned it was from a collection of decorations by Dept. 56 called “Snow Village”. I thought the church was very beautiful and classy looking without being overwhelmingly commercial.

It was just a beautiful white church with a simple Christmas wreath on the door. It was probably about 10 – 12 inches high.

The very next Christmas I was over-joyed when I opened several Christmas packages from some family members. I received three Dept. 56 “Snow Village” pieces – a church, a small Nativity scene and 3 carolers. Read More »

At Christmas when my daughter was in her first year away at college, I thought it would be a good idea to clean her bedroom and pack some of her personal things away.

She had no idea that I was doing this and I wanted it to be a surprise when she came home and have a clean room.

Upon cleaning out her drawers I found a wheel of birth control pills that were half used.

I was worried, so I called her at college to tell her that I didn’t know if there were hers or not but whoever these were they needed to take all the pills to be effective. Read More »

A few years ago, in 2005 to be exact. My Fiancé’ at the time was not working. In mid-August he finally found a job which would take him traveling around the world.

I was very happy for him although it was hard to see him go and not know if or when he would be returning. Well, during his time away I began to fall on hard times.

Children started to act up, bills over due, lost my job and my man was gone. Being a recovering addict made these hardships even harder. He kept telling me that he would be home soon.

Every time that the date came near he said that he had to go on to another state. Well, I began to think that he was not going to come back. Read More »

When I think back to the Christmas’s of my childhood, I can’t help but be flooded with memories of Christmas Eve at my grandparents.

In our family Christmas Eve was the big night. We would drive an hour to get to the grandparents house.

We would hurry in from the cold, dressed in our finest. My grandmother would have the pirogues ready. When walking into the house you could hear the beautiful sound of Nat King Coles voice.

My grandfather always played his Christmas record. To me Christmas was not Christmas without Nat King Cole. To this day it doesn’t even start to feel like the Christmas season until I’ve listened to his, and my, favorite Christmas song, The Christmas Song. “Chestnuts roasting on and open fire/Jack Frost Nipping at your nose”. Read More »

My favorite Christmas song is ‘Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy’ by David Bowie and Bing Crosby.

I first heard this song while watching an old Bing Crosby Christmas Special. It happened to be his last one. It was recorded in September 1977, Mr. Crosby passed away a month later.

The show was prod cast that December. After hearing the song the first time it played over and over again in my head. I’m not sure what it is that makes me love this song so much. Perhaps its the two wonderful artists that sang it.

Or maybe its the amazing harmony of putting ‘Peace On Earth’ and ‘Little Drummer Boy’ together the way that David Bowie and Bing Crosby did. No matter what it is, every Christmas season since I first heard it I always looked forward to hearing it on the radio. Read More »

Silent night is my favorite song. The first time I heard it was at church. That was a mere prelude to the best time I remember hearing it.

During a Christmas program at the church the next year they played Silent Night on an electric guitar I loved the way it sounded.

The guitar added a higher quality to the sound of the instruments that traditionally played the tune.

It was very surreal and relaxing. I had almost an out of body experience as the music moved through the room.

People of all ages were touched deeply by the music. To this day my mother can not sing the song without tearing up. The lyrics of Silent Night are as follows: