Christmas Eve Memory from Marilyn Meredith I belonged to a sorority and one year we heard of a family with three children. The father was out of work and they had no money for Christmas. We bought and wrapped gifts for everyone, got a small tree and decorations, all the fixings for Christmas dinner and we took everything to their small apartment. The dad was working on his car and…

Barbara Hodges’ Favorite Christmas Memory Even as a child I always enjoyed choosing and giving a gift more then receiving one.  One that sticks out in my mind is a gift I presented to my late father. It was a Garfield piggy bank. The look on his face was priceless when he opened it. He looked at me, down at the bank, and then back at me. I know he was searching…

Candace Sams Favorite Christmas Eve Memory When my cousins and I were very young we’d frequently spend Christmas Eve over my grandparents’ house. My grandfather couldn’t afford to give so many grandchildren gifts, though he wanted to. His way of sharing something he loved from his childhood (Christmas hard candy) became a very precious memory for us. He bought a huge, two-pound candy cane then took a hammer and broke…

Favorite Christmas Eve Memory – Robin Bayne “Mom-Mom, I hear him,” I whispered, sitting up slightly in bed. With the covers sliding off, I leaned toward the other twin bed where my grandmother slept on holidays, or tried to, during my all night vigils watching for Santa. “I hear something on the roof.” She tried to be patient with me, as grandmothers do. I was no more than five at…