25 Days of Christmas Giveaway – Day 21: Alex & Ani, Torrain and Nicole Miller
By Alexandra Heilbron on December 21, 2014 | 364 Comments
We’ve got some more great gifts that would go great under your Christmas tree! In addition to adding some designer names to your wrist, we’re adding a designer power pack and an eco-friendly wallet!
Alex & Ani Path of Life Charm Bangle is emblematic of life’s zenith moments. The Path of Life is representative of an infinite number of possibilities and expressions of love. Illustrating life’s twists, turns and unexpected winds. This pack includes two Alex & Ani Endless Knot Charm Bangles, which represent the interweaving and ever-changing spiritual path, the endless knot expresses boundless wisdom and compassion. It illustrates an eternal pattern in its design, connecting one’s destiny bound by time and change. (Retail value $38)
Torrain Clutch Wallet has room for all your essentials and is a chic and authentic accompaniment to a night on the town.Torrain saves energy and reduces the amount of pollutants in the environment by using natural and recycled fabrics. Packaging materials, stationary and hangtags are also 100% recycled and printed with natural dyes. (Retail value $36)
eBay Holiday Collective Power Pack by designer Nicole Miller will add a little extra battery to your mobile device! The power pack has two USB ports and a Micro USB port, with a unique design from Miller. (Retail value $25)
To be eligible to win this prize pack, leave a comment below to tell us what is your favorite Christmas or holiday memory? Congratulations to Debbie Roy, who won our Day 20 prize pack!
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it was the year that we held a family reunion at Christmas instead of in the summer. Houses were kind of overcrowded as we couldn’t get outside but it made for a lot of good memories.
my favorite memory is when my father would wake me up and I would open a gift up with him Christmas eve I miss him soo much good memories
The year I was hospitalized with a breakdown and was allowed to go home and have Christmas dinner with my family.
It was the year we surprised our parents by driving 8 hours through the night to be with them on Xmas day. I will never forget the look on their faces when they opened the front door.
My favorite Christmas memory was when my sister, brother and I were small kids and my grandpa brought Santa to our house and brought us gifts and we thought is was the coolest because our grandpa knew Santa. 🙂
My childhood memory of opening my Christmas gift to find a complete ‘Cowboys’ outfit!
My favorite memory is when the kids would wake us up to see if Santa came. Thanks for the great contest!
A few years ago on the last time the family got together, my Nana had a sip of beer from the cap and she got got tipsy , just the best Christmas everyone was happy, that was the best one, ESO watching my Nana dancing around like a little girl .
Christmas in korea with my little sister, even though we were both sick and her puppy had a broken leg. we spent the holiday in bed watching csi
Going for a drive Christmas Eve to look at the spectacular Christmas light displays all over the Lower Mainland, then going home and opening one gift each which was always new pyjamas something soft to cuddle (stuffed animal).
My favorite Christmas memories are of being a child and having all the enthusiasm and excitement of truly believing in Santa!
Driving 12 hours to see my family and having us all under one roof for Christmas for the first time in years
Opening gifts right at midnight when I was a kid. My parents and brother and sister would take turns opening presents.
meals with the family
1962 Santa brought me a Barbie Doll Dream House, made of cardboard!!! I went running down the street to tell all my neighbors while my Dad patiently constructed the cardboard furniture, til mid afternoon!! I am very lucky to still have it but most importantly I still have my Dad with me too! He’s 89 and sharp as a tack. A truly wonderful father.
When my mother gave birth to my brother, he was like an angel, the best gift i had 🙂
Playing with my Barbie Camper (a Christmas gift) in my parents bedroom closet where it was supposedly “hidden” weeks before Christmas. I couldn’t wait until Christmas!
Dirt biking in the snow with friends.
My favorite memory is waking up Christmas morning and opening gifts with my family then loading up the car and driving to spend the day with my cousins for Christmas dinner.
I loved racing my brothers down the stairs on Christmas morning!
going to the santa clause parade with my mother
My favorite memory is of my mom always making me her butterscotch fudge and giving it to me on Christmas day wrapped. This was when I was a adult, and I sure miss her and that fudge. It was made with unconditional love.
Watching Christmas shows on TV. I grew up in Germany and my favourite were the Czech fairytale movies that were always on during Christmas time.
The excitement of Christmas morning when the kids were young
My favorite Christmas memory is my mom being more excited about showing me what she bought me, than I was in receiving it – a giant pink teddy bear!
My fave Holiday memory is my 1st Israeli experience at our new Moshav overlooking the Mediterranean,watching the winter solstice sun set to the west over the Sea, and singing Chunukah + Christmas songs + hynmns along with the local radio station. (1977)
waking up very early to open our Christmas stockings!
Getting my puppy from Santa when I was six! Wanted it so badly!
Roadtrip to Whitefish, MT to visit Big Mountain for New Years.
Relaxing on the beach with my family in Varadero, Cuba.
My Favorite memory of Christmas was the first one I celebrated as a mom, Best time ever <3
Every year is special to me and has wonderful moments that stay with me a lifetime.
Our first Christmas after our first son was born 10 years ago! There is something special about Christmas with children
The year I squealed with delight at all the presents under the tree and something whistled back at me. My brother came in and I told him about the strange whistle and something whistled again. We ran upstairs terrified and convinced there was a ghost in our Christmas tree. When we told our parents, my dad laughed and said it was the electronic key finder that he’d bought for my mom and hung on the Christmas tree for her to find. My 4 year old high pitched voice set it off! Lol.
Probably the last Christmas we had with my husbands mother still with us!
Just putting the outdoor Christmas lights together each year
Making marzipan from scratch with my grandmother when I was a kid! (before food processors were invented) so it was alot of work, but a memory I’ll have forever!
My dad staying up late with me to do his grandchildren stocking.
My favourite holiday memory is being woken up after mom got home from her midnight nursing shift so we could open presents with her before she went to bed (and thus would not wake her up at the crack of dawn !)
Getting the very first easy bake oven… I made spice cakes for days 😀
Our first xmas with our new son…
Five Christmases ago when my niece was born 🙂 Best gift ever!
Christmas at the Banff Springs Hotel with my husband
tobogganing with my family christmas eve
My son was admitted to the hospital not long after he was born. Being released on Christmas eve to celebrate his first Christmas at home… such a truly amazing miracle!
i remember years ago really wanting a BMX bike I saw in a store window like most of the boys my age. I opened all my gifts that Christmas and was pretty happy with everything and then dad brought my attention to a note in the Christmas tree. The note said for me to go downstairs and see what Santa brought me. I raced downstairs to find that beautiful BMX bike waiting for me. Loved that bike !
Christmas with my cousins at Quebec city when we were young
This year will bring special memories as we have a new babe to celebrate with which will bring our extended family to 50. Oh and the annual hockey/skating/chili party we host.
Having our Christmas on Christmas Eve!
My favourite holiday memory was last year. It was my son Jayden’s first Christmas and he was so excited seeing all the lights and listening to Christmas carols. I will cherish that moment forever.
My favorite holiday memory is tobogganing.
My favorite Christmas memory is when my brother and family moved back and we were all able to spend family Christmas altogether with the grandparents,children and grandchildren 🙂
My favorite Christmas memory is back a few years. The family was all getting together at my aunty’s house for dinner, my granmother and grandfather were bringing the turkey over. They arrived at my aunty’s house and we were all waiting in excitement… we were hungry! The next thing you know my grandfather is running in the house with an empty roaster, yelling she ran it over, she ran it over! What had happened?? My grandmother let my grandfather out of the car and was going to park, he put the roaster down when he got out to close the doors, as he was about to pick it up she backed up and ran the whole thing over. We tried to save what we could but ended up with Chinese food that night. This story will never get old!
My favorite is the year my older brother bought my sister and I a dog for Christmas
Two years ago we were able to surprise our families with the news that we were expecting our daughter after over two years of fertility problems. Everyone was overjoyed it was the best gift ever😊
My parents leaving out milk and cookies for Santa, then a 6 year old me coming back into the house 2 minutes later to see my grandfather sitting leisurely on the coach eating them.
watching my kids
My Mum’s dinners are my favourite memory! Everything is always so delicious.
A female friend and her 3 children stayed with us on a farm at Christmas shortly after her husband and the children’s father had died. The young children were worried that Santa wouldn’t find them so far from home. My father went to check the cows in the barn and while he was gone, Santa came and ho ho ho delivered gifts to the children. After Santa left, my father came back from the barn and the children excitedly told him about Santa’s visit while he was gone. The looks on the children’s faces when Santa came and their excitement was a tear jerker.
My parents and my brothers waiting up late to wait for family to arrive and being surprised with my brother coming home from where he was stationed in Germany. Family tobogganing and games and pjs until afternoon.
My favourite memory is when my dad wasn’t able to work over Christmas and he and I spent a week making audio Christmas cards for friends. This was in the pre-digital days when we had to use reel-to-reel tape decks, vinyl records, cassette and four track tapes, etc.
I remember as a fairly young child, me and my 2 sisters secretly all piled into one bedroom on Christmas eve after our parents were asleep and kept each other company as we stayed up all night in anticipation of Santa coming. It is a truly special memory!
My favourite holiday memories are of my little ones first Christmases!
Becoming an adult and starting a new tradition of all the friends in my life coming over for a big holiday dinner each year at my place.
When I was 6 years old my twin brother and I left out cookies and milk for Santa and fell asleep by the tree Christmas Eve. When we woke up the milk and cookies were gone and “Santa” left us a note telling us that we were good children and we deserved to have a great Christmas. The tree was filled with gifts and we ran up to wake up our parents to tell them that Santa had dropped by and left us a note. We were the happiest kids in the world. I will never forget that Christmas Morning!
My favourite holiday moment was when I was a kid and received Mickey Mouse ears…you would have thought I was given a gold bouillon
Going to 2 movies on Christmas Day after I had moved to a new city with no family drama.
my parents didn’t celebrate Christmas but one i remember very well, my mum & i picked a tropical tree, it was awesome & i got the first Nintendo console too. Cheers
When we got my dog a present, wrapped it up,and then let him unwrap it (tear off the paper) on Christmas
Going out and playing in the snow with the new toboggans we got one year
Getting a week off school and about to play with my gifts.
Going skating and tobogganing on Christmas Day
The year I took our family to Palm Springs for Christmas.
My first Summer Christmas.
the year when we were kids and our dad had been in hospital for 4 months andan ambulance brought him home for a few days on Christmas Eve day!~
For some reason in the 1960’s, even though we didn’t celebrate Christmas, Santa still came to our house. I didn’t have the heart to tell him we are Jewish.
1st Christmas in our new house with my husband.
as kids we wouldn’t be allowed to look at the living room where the presents were until we had all gathered in the den to read the Christmas story together. we still do this as adults to carry on the tradition!
On our very last Christmas with my Dad, there was a beautiful snowfall with those big fluffy snowflakes that you could catch with your tongue. My 5 kids rushed outside with their new wood toboggan with Grandpa at the reins. It was a perfect day 🙂
watching my kids each year on Christmas morning
watching my kids on Christmas morning
waiting at the top of the stairs in anticipation while our parents made coffee before letting us come downstairs to see what Santa brought!
Christmas carols back home,kids going around to pay respect with their godparents,local foods and smile on all people’s faces……simple joys!
My favourite Christmas memory was the year my eldest was 1 year old. He squealed with delight as each Grandma came into the house. He totally made their Christmas because of his sheer delight at seeing them. It was a wonderful time.
My favourite memory was Christmas eve when I was eight years old at my Grandpas house. My cousins and I were all supposed to be in bed asleep or Santa would not be arriving with presents. We heard the front door open and all the adults welcoming someone in. Then we heard a HO HO HO and lots of laughter. Of course the cousins and I had to peek through the stair opening and we saw Santa in a red suit putting gifts in our stockings. We felt extremely excited to see him and extremely worried he would look up to see us and take back our gifts. He never looked up and we went back to bed-giggling and talking amoungst ourselves. Years later my older cousins told me it had been my Dad in a Santa suit but I never forgot my thrill at seeing Santa and never getting caught! A Magical memory
Waking my parents up with my brother by playing the hallelujah chorus really loud at 5 am lol
sneaking down the stairs early to see the gifts under the tree before waking anyone else up
Baking cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve!
At Christmas dinner my grandfather would light the rum sauce on the Christmas pudding and my grandma would turn the light off and everyone would ooh and aah at the blue flame. Exciting stuff when you’re a kid!!
When Santa came to our house when I was a kid. He even brought what I asked for for Christmas! How does he know? 😉
When my Opa was alive, we’d get together for dinner, Santa would show up and all us cousins got a visit with Santa at their house!
Every Christmas is special with different memories, making new memories with the family makes it extra special.
Decorating the Xmas card
Baking cookies
mum would wake us up right after she finished wrapping and putting out all the gifts under the tree saying she just heard Santa leave because she didn’t want to wait to see our faces opening our gifts.
best Christmas ever, when my nephew was old enough to know what Christmas was. The look on his face when he seen all the presants under the tree.
When I was a kid..it was coming down and finding a bicycle beside the tree that Santa had left for me!!
My favourite memories are of sneaking down to open our stockings before everyone woke up.
Puzzle making!
Best Christmas was when I was around 6 I think and I got all of the Sailor Moon dolls which I still have 🙂
last year we went to my grandmas house we all baked cookies and exchanged gifts but the most important thing was our family was toggher that we were all together and healthy
After we had an amazing Turkey dinner we went to candy cane lane and had an amazing Christmas
Knowing we are all hear healthy and a close family that’s all that matters
It was a surprise visit from my sister, I haven’t seen her for 5 years.
Being able to spend Christmas Day with my parents and all 3 of my brothers!
Me and my bro tying our legs together when we were little so neither of us could sneak out and look at gifts lol!!! Although I found out years later he always just untied it and peeked anyways!
Sitting around with the family after dinner and talking.
Christmas dinner with the family.
Christmas dinner with all the fixings!!
Waking up one Christmas morning when were kids and finding new bicycles in the living room. My Uncle had snuck them in early when we were still sleeping.
When I was 9 my dad gave me a BB Gun and what made this memorable is that was the only present I ever got from my dad that I had ever remembered for a very strong reason. The next year he gave me away to the Government as a ward of the government (Foster Care) and when I saw him again, he had lost the only present I wanted that he gave me.
The look on my kid’s faces on Christmas morning when they were little was priceless.
The first Christmas in my first house. We had the biggest tree I’d ever seen, I got to cook for my whole family and my dog unwrapped all the gifts! It was just a fun and memorable year!
When we were kids we spent Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa’s farm. We couldn’t get out of bed on Christmas morning until Grandpa Bob turned on the milk separator. Great memories!
My favorite Christmas memory would have to be from last year. It was the last Christmas I was able to spend with my Mom before she passed away.
watching the joy and surprise on my girls’ faces opening their gifts
Waking up early and checking out what was in our stockings….remember ribbon candy….always ended up covered in sock lint…hahaha
My favourite is anyone spent with my children but have to say the best one was last year when I was blessed with my last lil boy who now this year we are celebrating his birthday 🙂
Was when we introduced my daughter to her great grandmother fir the 1st and only time. And being aable to get photos if all 4 generations of women. She was only 37 days old.
I don’t have just one favourite memory. I love Christmas, the togetherness, the festivities, the excitement and my gosh watching kids reactions to the lights, gifts etc. They are all my favourites 🙂
Childhood experience of window shopping at Christmas with my Mom.
Decorating the Christmas tree
Finding out about our healthy pregnancy on Christmas Eve
My favourite memory was always racing down the stairs with my brother to see what Santa had brought
My favorite memory was attending Midnight Mass at our small Catholic Church !!! It was so exciting to get dressed up and stay up that late!!! It was magical!!!!! 😉
watching my kids open their gifts
My favourite memories are of spending Christmas in Disney World with the whole family.
watching the kids open gifts
My favourite Christmas memories are of being a kid and having all the excitement of really believing in Santa!
The memory of my dad teaching me to ski and under the tree my very own boots and ski’s!
Seeing everyone at their best behaviour
Getting a new bike when I was 11. Pretty exciting.
A few years ago my Mother-in-law passed away just before Christmas (she was the Matriach of the Family, the Glue that kept us all together). We thought we couldn’t have a Christmas, t0o sad, too depressing. So instead of having a big festive Christmas, just got together, had some wine & app’s & just reminisced. We told stories, laughed, cried & to this today we all say that was one of the Best Christmas’ ever. We all became closer, Thanks to Mother-in-Law watching down on us.
Baba’s cabbage rolls! No one has ever been able to duplicate them!
Watching a Christmas Story every year with my family. So funny.
baking with my mom
When we use to go to grandma’s house and be with the whole family
One Christmas when we were younger my sister got the chicken pox. To keep her from itching she had to wear oven mitts. So when we were opening presents Christmas morning, the whole family put on mitts so my sister wouldn’t feel singled out. It took a while to open all the presents, but it was a lot of fun and a Christmas I won’t forget!
Watching a Christmas Story very year. So funny.
My fave Xmas memory is having dinner with relatives, playing with my cousins and then receiving Cabbage Patch dolls from my Aunts, we were so surprised!
Surprising all of my family by flying to Saskatoon (from Victoria where I had green grass), at Xmas and arriving at my brother’s big party… it was the biggest surprise ever!
Before my grandfather died my grandmother used to host Christmas dinner every year. The whole family would come. My grandmother would serve a buffet of the most delicious food and home made Christmas cookies for dessert. We would play this secret Santa gift exchange game. It was always a great time. Christmas has never been the same since my grandfather passed.
DEC 25 1992, brought my first born, Micheal home from the hospital!
My favourite Christmas memory is the year we gave our two girls new bicycles. They were so excited when they saw them under the tree.
My favourite memory is of my kids’ first Christmas which my dad recorded when they were babies. They love watching it all the time especially since he’s passed away.
My favorite Christmas memory is my husband taking me cross-country skiing for the first time! It was crazy, awkward, frustrating, hilarious all in one. I wish we had had a a cell phone to capture it – it would be so funny to watch now!!!
Getting snowed in at my parents so all my sisters and all the kids spent the night a Dad & Moms. We had such a good time together
One of my favourite memories was opening up my stocking and showing my parents everything I got one by one even though I knew that they gave it all to me.
Waking up and going down stairs to see what Santa had left!
one of my favorite holiday memories is spending Xmas in Hawaii. It was awesome, fun and to experience a different kind of Xmas was amazing.
We grew with a horse stable across the street from us. I was always asking my parents for a horse. When I was six my parents bought me a metal horse that had wheels on it. I could ride it up & down the street whenever I wanted. I loved this horse. I wish I still had it.
Getting our first real Christmas tree
my kids first christmas
My favorite memory of Christmas are the times my grandma and grandpa would pull up to our house in their old camper.
Finding a drum kit under the tree on Christmas Day!
My beautiful cat opening her Christmas presents!
My big sisters sending me in to wake Mum and Dad
Mine would be getting the playstation 1 for christmas in 1997. I freaked out.
My favorite Christmas memory was waking up to freshly baked cookies on Christmas morning.
full house. bro in law sleeping on the floor in the living room. Guess he was dreaming and started wrestling with the christmas tree!
christmas eve snow
When I had my first christmas with my first daughter.
Everyone playing games from ages 6 to 98.
We would always go to see Christmas lights around the city.
going with my nana to see the christmas windows at simpsons every christmas…ill always cherish that memory
getting a bike on Christmas
my first Christmas under palm tree
Family and friends around our Christmas tree!
Having my father coming from the South to spend Christmas with us.
Waking up as a kid to open presents on Xmas morning and seeing Santa’s footprints.
I love the memory of getting up at night and turning the tree lights on – then myself and my eldest sister would just have fun and create magic together…being careful to not wake the others.
One of my favourite memories is Santa arriving in the small Maritime town where I was born. It was so exciting to see him and get a bag of candy. There was always snow at Christmas then so he arrived in a sleigh.
It was a “misfit” Christmas (like the Island of forgotten toys on the cartoon Rudolph”) where a group of us without family, etc all brought food, etc and shared Christmas dinner…was a lot of fun!
cutting down our own tree
My favourite Christmas memory is making homemade cherry chocolates and peppermint patties with my grandmother
My fave holiday memory is my daughter’s 1st Christmas and her wonder at the colors. lights, paper & bows, tree.
Riding the Christmas train with my grandchildren.
My favourite memory was proposing to my wife on Christmas Eve. I had finally gotten a job in October after finishing my studies and saved so I could buy a diamond and have a custom ring made for her. I place the ringbox in a small gift box which was put in a greater box including cute little items like Hello Kitty candies, ornaments, and chocolates. My family and I made sure that this would be the last present opened. When it came time, she opened it and I went on my knee to propose. She said yes and my family then hugged her to welcome her into the family. It is one of the best moments in my life.
My favourite memory is from 1998 when I was 10 years old and my mom felt bad that she couldn’t get me tickets to see the Backstreet Boys, so she pawned me all her jewelry to take me to buy tickets!! It was so amazing for my mom to do!
Years ago when I was a little lad, I, out of the blue*, guess correctly my dad’s Christmas gift to my mother, a terrestrial globe 🙂
* Ok. I look through that year’s Sear’s catalog and search for something that would fit in that big a box!
My favorite Christmas memory is running around the basement in the middle of the night with my brother when we slept over at grandma’s house on Christmas eve
The time we saw the lights on Santa’s sleigh through the snowstorm…It was actually a transport on a highway overpass, but we believed in the magic for that moment, and for quite a long time afterward.
Watching my children opening their gifts. <3
Opening presents early mornings
A Christmas union with my family in 20 years.
My fav memory is of my mom- the wonderful smells in the kitchen and the smile on her face!! Wish she was still here!
When my son sang his first christmas song at the age of 3.
Getting dressed up to take family photos by the Christmas tree in the park near our house each year
my hubby and i spent x’mas in Edinburgh Scotland
Attend XMAS parties for one whole full week.
Watching my nephew rides the bike that I got him for Christmas.
Won prize at my company’s Christmas dinner.
x’mas dinner at my place and the chocolate syrup on poached pears didn’t turn out
My favourite memories are the huge family Christmas Eve parties that we used to have every year!
having a complete family x’mas dinner with all my 7 children & 11 grandchildren & even 5 great grandchildren
Having the whole family together every year to celebrate Christmas dinner.
last x’mas, having a quiet evening with my other half in front of the fireplace
Enjoying Christmas morning with my daughter and husband.
Visiting the Christmas markets in Frankfort Germany while having mulled win and waiting for the parade to start. It was magical
helping to celebrate the x’mas dinner with my wife and her 3 sisters
received my siamese cat on x’mas day
spent x’mas in honolulu with my BF who came back from Toronto just for the holiday
Going to the company Christmas party and waiting for Santa to call your name and going up on stage to get your gift from him and have your picture taken.
My favourite Christmas memory is waking up and going downstairs to see that Santa came 🙂
I don’t really have any, as in one way or another they all seem special.
Spending Christmas with my family.
Just following our family’s traditions together is always wonderful.
When My grandparents were alive and I was a little girl , she always made the best dinner for us all and made me part of making it ,she mixed cranberry graper juice with ginerale to make us feel like we were all grown up and drinking Christmas Wine , Miss them so much !
My fave Christmas memory was the year we took the kids to Disney World for Christmas. It was decorated so nice and the kids were extremely excited to be there.
Spending my first Christmas watching my baby tool around the living room in his walker. He was a whole six months old and already trying to get into everything. Miss that time… <3
I remember every Christmas as sitting around the table with the 8 of us having a big traditional turkey meal right down to the fruitcake!
The French Canadian “Réveillon” which was a veritable feast set out for Christmas eve, after the opening of the gifts. The table groaned with everyone’s favorite things to eat.
One of my last memories of my dad was of us heading out and chopping down a Christmas tree for our family. 🙂
The French Canadian “réveillon”.
Best holiday memory was finding an engagement ring in a jar of my favourite candy.
watching my kids grow up from each Christmas to the next one gave me a lifetime of memories to remember in my old age! too many funny ones to even count
Visiting my relatives in New-Brunswick.
Watching Christmas movies with family
the cookies may have been burnt, the coffee cold but the company was warm and friendly so that made everything perfect
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Opening gifts on xmas eve!
Baking sugar cookies with my mother and my two sisters.
Hunting for a christmas tree.
My favourite holiday memory is experiencing our first white Christmas after moving to Canada!
handing out gifts to seniours 🙂
The look on our girls faces theyear we gave them new bikes for christmas
Watching kids opening presents
The year my brother sister and I got a horse!
The first Christmas we celebrated with my first child – a daughter – at my parents’ home. Their first grandchild!!!
Baking cookies with my grandmother.
The first Christmas with my first child – a daughter -at my parents’ home. She was their first grandchild!!!
going to the christmas market and riding the carousel
Going out into the forest to find the perfect Christmas tree
Going away to the Caribbean with my family one Christmas
We children had red pillowslips at the end of our beds on Christmas Night.
About 4am next morning my sister and I (we shared a bedroom) heard the sound of
rustling paper from the next room. A sign that our two brothers too were awake and discovering what their slips contained from Santa – so we sat on the floor and opened ours. That time of the morning, the excitement, the joy, I still feel
even now – more than 50 years ago.But even more so, sharing with my brothers and
sister all the goodies we had, eating chocolates, oranges, etc., non stop. And
afterwards, having absolutely no space for breakfast.
Driving through a horrendous snowstorm to make it to my parents’ place with our 3 young children, for Christmas morning. Pulling safely into their driveway was such sweet relief 🙂
picking out gifts for my father and mother with the little bit of silver and paper money we could scrape up , usually the biggest ,cheapest bottle of cologne we could find for each of them!
My favourite Christmas memory is the first time my daughter hosted the dinner at her home.
My little girl doing the cooking for the family for the very first time. It moved me.
seeing the kids faces when they see the tree and gifts on Christmas morning.
got a tow tuck from Santa called BIG Bruser
When I took the whole family to Punta Cana the week before Christmas
A favourite Christmas memory was when my sister & I would open our stockings on our beds right after Mom had gone to bed! We had to be really quiet so she wouldn’t know!
Opening stockings with my sis while the parents slept! That was OUR time!! 🙂
When our daughter was 2 1/2, all she wanted for Christmas was her own Christmas tree. Two days before Christmas, I finally found a small plastic tabletop tree complete with its own decorations and mini lights. I bought it, set it up, and shortly before she woke up Christmas morning, I sneaked into her room, put it on her dresser and plugged it in. About a half hour later, she woke up, and as we stood outside her room and listened, we heard her saying “Oh Santa… my very own Christmas tree! Thank you Santa. Ohh…. my very own Christmas tree…..” That was the absolute best Christmas we ever had… giving our little girl such simple but extreme pleasure with a $7 Christmas tree.
When I was a teenager our family didn’t have much money. Just before Christmas I saw a dress in the Sears Catalogue. I really wanted it but I knew my mother couldn’t afford to buy it. I went into my bedroom on Christmas Eve and there was the dress hanging on my lamp. I was both shocked and delighted. That is one Christmas I will never forget and it proved to me that dreams certainly can come true. 🙂
My favourite Christmas memories were the “Gathering of the Clan” when the family, extended family and friends got together, played games, talked, laughed, joked and ate a wonderful feast!
Spending Christmas Eve in Corpus Christi, TX with my husband and daughter. We went to a local seaside restaurant for Christmas Dinner and they had a classical guitarist playing Christmas carols entertaining, while all the patrons sang along. It was a beautiful & special evening!
My favourite memory is walking in the snow with my mom, looking at Christmas lights.
My favourite holiday memory is when my oldest son came home from out west to surprise me for Christmas.
My Favourite Christmas memories are Boxing Day extended Family gatherings. As a child all my mom’s side of the family would gather at my Uncle David’s for a potluck and Hay Ride, though us kids did more running behind the sleigh due to cousins pushing each other off. As an adult everyone comes to my place for a potluck and games day.
Going into the living room with my sister early in the morning before my parents got up to check out what Santa brought!
My favourite Christmas memory is making pulled taffy with my grandmother. After it was made it was still steaming hot and we put it in the snow to harden. It is a delicious memory of days gone by.
My parents would pack us all up, and travel for 5 hours to spend Christmas with my grandparents. One year we got there, and there was no Christmas tree. My grandfather had decided it was too much work and too messy. For a few days we all tried to get used to the idea, but as kids, we were very sad. So, late in the afternoon on Christmas eve, my grandfather gave in to all the sad faces and deep sighs and he and my uncle and dad went out to cut down a tree. I remember the excitement when they got home, how we all pitched in to decorate it and just how much we laughed and smiled that night!
A great Christmas Dinner with family and friends!
When my kids were little and their faces on christmas day seeing what santa brought
I’ve got say, when my son was just 2 1/2 years old, he got his first train pieces of Thomas the Tank Engine and he was laying on his stomach by the Christmas tree pushing the pieces together to connect the magnets for the “click” noise, absolutely priceless!!!
My favourite holiday memory is the year my husband proposed to me. He had always told me he would never propose on Christmas, my birthday, Valentine’s day…any of the “expected” days. So, on Christmas Day of 2000, he handed me a gift. I opened it and it was a necklace sized box from a jewelry store.
I opened the necklace box…and inside, was a ring box. I was instantly in tears, and so was he. Inside was the most perfect solitaire diamond ring – flush mounted so it wouldn’t get caught in gloves or mittens and in a white and yellow gold setting. It was everything I could have hoped for and more. After 7 years together, I couldn’t believe this day had come!! We married 3 months later on March 31, 2001 and have been together as a couple now for 20 years.
My favorite Christmas memories are when the mummers use to visit. We would sing and dance.
My mother loved the element of surprise. One year I wanted a watch. Went through boxes and bags on Christmas morning, no watch. I was disappointed. Three bags were left and I knew they all contained books. I tried my best to put a smile on my face and be grateful to my mother. Looking at each book and thanking her. Last bag..bottom..there was the watch. I still have it 40 years later.
One year my husband pulled a chocolate bar out of his coat pocket,as if that was my gift. He surprised me with a pretty locket instead.
Christmas morning when I was a little girl I would be the first to wake up, and run around yelling “Santa Came”
Funny thing is now I have teens of my own and Christmas morning I do the same thing!!
Going sledding with my father down by the river on a home made sled consisting of two skis bolted to a piece of wood 🙂 I still have to the sled to this day.
my fave holiday memory is of the look on my mom’s face when I showed up on Christmas Day when everyone thought I was still far away out of country- it was worth all the effort!
When my husband made a surprise visit home as he was stationed in South Korea for the military, he came home to see his first born child for the first time 🙂
Midnight mass and then open gifts
My sons first Christmas.
baking christmas cookies with my mom when i was a kid 🙂
My favorite memory is of last year when my kids were old enough to enjoy and delight in the wonders of the season.
This year, I truly appreciated hanging each ornament that we have collected over the years.
Christmas breakfast with my Auntie Joan is my best memory. She always stayed over night and the morning with her was the best.
What a wonderful prize! 🙂
My favourite Christmas memory is the year I had my son right before Christmas, born healthy 🙂 Thank you for the opportunity to win!
My favourite memory is spending Christmas with my extended family after a long time have foods, secret santa and a great time.
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When I was a kid and getting homemade gifts from my grandfather, like a rocking horse and a stove for our playhouse.
my favorite holiday memory is each year when my 1 and only son see hi presents from Santa. My heart melts and I start to cry…
I will pass a good time with my family at my parents�� home
We didn’t have much growing up but Mom always made us feel loved, so that was enough. Best memory was the last Christmas I got to spend with her, she was so happy and full of life.
Family time
My very first white Christmas
receiving christmas presents when I was young(esp. one stuffie)
Christmas at grandparents house with all the cousins
Getting up super early with my sister and coming out of our bedrooms to find some awesome handmade gifts (an entertainment unit for her & a Lego building table for me) near the tree – we sat together on the couch & talked quietly until our parents got up.. 🙂
My favorite Christmas memory is the first Christmas I spent with my partner – we baked a cake in the morning, watched holiday movies and then went to a family dinner!
My girls making new homemade ornaments every year for our tree
Going up to my grandmothers with my cousins for Christmas dinner every year when I was a kid.
We spent a number of Christmas’ with my parents in Florida.
Waking up at 1am with the boys when they were little and opening all the presents then and there!
The year my sister surprised us with a visit. We seldom see each other; I live on the west coast and she lives on the east coast in the States.
Having family come over on Christmas Day and helping my parents prepare and cook dinner.
Time all of us would meet with my great grandma and learn the history of my people from her
Seeing my family on Christmas Day
Going to grandma’s for xmas with the whole family
Big snowstorm on Christmas day. We didn’t go visiting, stayed home and played all day with our new toys!
The day my grandson was born
Sleeping by the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve.
Waking up to the air hockey table from Santa!
Going to Japan when I was 10 years old!
Love getting together with family to cut down the tree together
Cutting down the Christmas tree together as a family
My favourite holiday memory is decorating the entire house with festive spirit.
Getting the chance to be with loved ones.
Playing games with my grandma.
Cooking with my grandmother
decorating the tree with my kids
going to friends and she got everything Barbie
I always love driving around with my family to see all the lights.
Everyone being together around the tree.
It’s hard to pick my favorite from all those times spent with family and friends☺ every year we make more unforgettable memories not just adults enjoy and talk about but even our kids do. They can’t wait for the get together. We are totally blessed and pray everyone is lucky as we are☺
Having all the family together since now everyones spread out across North America.
I got swimming trunks for Christmas and asked my dad to cut a hole in the ice so I could go swimming, I was 4 years old! He didn’t do it!
I loved decorating the tree as a family when I was a kid!
my fav memory is opening presents on Christmas Eve
My favorite Christmas memories are tables loaded with food and drinks
Favourite memory is Christmas with all the relatives and eating at the “little” table.
Meeting my dad for the first time
favorite memory of the first doll I got
My favourite memory is decorating the tree with the kids
With my new boyfriend starting my new life
I still remember the first time I met Santa. And last year was the first year my daughter met Santa. Wonderful memories.
My fav memory is having our entire, extended family together. There was so much love, happiness and excitement in the house that it seemed to take on a life of it’s own and the feeling lasted for days. Most of our family is gone now but I still have those memories to look back on.
My uncle dressed up as Santa coming to the house in a snowstorm – on a skidoo!!!
When I was twelve I got a Nintendo (original) for christmas. They wrapped it in a box that wasn’t a nintendo box and told me it was clothes. I was really surprised when I opened the box and found the real gift.
waking up early Christmas morning with the snow falling
The first Christmas my son was born.
Decorating the tree with my parents
my fav holiday memory is making taffy in the snow with my grandfather
My favorite Christmas memory was moving into our new house a few days before Christmas with my son who was still a few months old.
One Christmas morning me, my brother and my sister were watching one of the movies I had gotten from Santa. My sister got a phone call and while she was talking to whoever it was my brother thought it would be funny to do his impression of Chewbacca from Star Wars. My sister did not find this funny, kicked him in the shoulder and then left the room. My brother and I were speechless…then we thought it was hilarious. We still laugh about it today.
Taking my kids to the Christmas train.
seeing my mom for xmas always was and is a blessing
my daughter(s)’s first Christmas
Cutting down our own Christmas tree with my dad when I was young.
The Chistmas Gatherings at my Maternal Grandparents, many decades ago. After Dinner was finished my uncle led us in Chistmas Carols for what seemed like hours, but was thoroughly enjoyable.
Christmas eve dinner with family
Getting a violin from my Gramps and my first lesson on Christmas Day from him
Spending my first Christmas with my wife.
My best Christmas memory was always waking up in the morning and being so excited to open up my stocking!
Christmas with family. Now long gone (alas)…
I remember baking cookies with my grandma as a child.
Getting the giggles with my mum at a Christmas Eve carol service. We had to slink out in disgrace.
Sharing Christmas with grandparents.
Staying up almighty with my brother hiding in my room waiting to see Santa & what my parents might be hiding in our car for us.
Favourite Holiday Memory was when I saw my Vancouver Neighbours in Vegas. Giggles.
Good luck to you all. Huggiez.
Spending it with grandma.
family dinner with my late grandfather
Favorite holiday memory is watching The Christmas Story at the Trinity Church in Toronto.
when I was 10 I bought my nanna brandy chocolates and everyone gave me a hard time but nanna said she had no more room for nix nacs and it was nice to have one grandchild that didn’t think she was dead-shut everyone up
watching my nephew open his very first Christmas gift, look on his face was priceless
14 years ago when my wife wrapped up a pair of baby blue Nikes for a christmas gift with a card that said simply Merry Christmas. My son Jordan was born the next year.
My first Christmas as a young married woman in our tiny apartment. It was small but we entertained big.
All of my favorite Christmas memories involve family home in Newfoundland.
Watching my granddaughter meet Santa for the first time was priceless.
For me it was a few years ago when I was able to get my first hearing aids, they finally found out the problem for my hearing. I was able to hear my kids laugh so loud at Christmas!
My favourite Christmas memory involves the year I was 8 and got my easy-bake oven. A chef is born…..
snowmobiling
It was when we returned home for the first time after immigrating to Canada.
spending time getting to know what my kids are about!
receiving a new tobaggan
Our family gathered together to celebrate Christmas together which happened more than 10 years ago now.
Baking with my grandmother. She passed away at 101 years old and her recipes and memories outlived her!
Having fun when the mummers came to visit
When my 80 year old uncle was so drunk he couldn’t put a ten piece puZle together while my 5 year old cousin was completing the same puzzle beside him hahah
all kids together for xmas
My best Christmas memory was when I went into recovery from cocaine addiction.It just so happened that my girl was pregnant and lived in van. On my night before I was excited that I finished treatment. Just before I was packed and getting ready to go to my girls for a couple of days before returning home , I had a call that she was in labour, first thing I did was left my bagsget later) and took the bus to hospital . My first Grandchile was born just 1 minute after I arrived. That was the best Christmas present I ever had.
baking with the kids