Tag: christmas

Christmas Experiences During The Great Depression

Today, I’m going to travel back in time to talk about the Christmas experiences that my grandmother told me about her childhood growing up during “The Great Depression“.  Now granted, she was about 4 years at the time The Great Depression started, but she had an iron trap memory, and I think it’s a story… Continue reading Christmas Experiences During The Great Depression

Losing Control of Christmas Traditions

Yesterday, we did a two for oner!   We did both of our biggest Christmas Traditions on the same day! We cut down our Christmas Tree, and we did our big pre-Christmas dinner! We normally don’t do this because both events are big enough that they should be separate, but we are pressed for time this… Continue reading Losing Control of Christmas Traditions

My Christmas Tradition

Christmas was always a special time for me as a kid!   It was my grandmother use to make it a very special time of the year.  She went all out, she had a large Santa that stood in a sleigh decoration with individual reindeer that she would put on the top of her organ.  Beneath the Santa… Continue reading My Christmas Tradition