Our Favorite Holiday Memories
Andie Summers:
When I think of Christmas, I remember being a little girl and my house being filled with friends and family. I loved there not being enough room at the dining room table, but we still squeezed in there – and then sitting at the table after dinner when all the adults were drinking coffee and eating cookies and recounting memories of holidays past. That’s what I try to do for my kiddos now. Every Christmas Eve we go to Mass and fill our house with friends, family, good food, and holiday spirit.
What ever you celebrate this time of year, know you’re in my heart and my prayers. Happy Holidays!
Dave Cruise:
I go home to Chicago every Christmas. When my niece and nephew were younger, the movie “Elf” had just come out, and we popped some popcorn and watched it Christmas Eve.
Now, my niece and nephew are in their teens, but we still sit down, pop popcorn, and watch “Elf” every Christmas Eve. “Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color???”
Brian McKay:
My holiday tradition was started by my Nana on my Dads side. She would have a Russian Christmas Eve vegetarian dinner and before dessert, we would take turns “cracking a walnut” from the bowl. If it’s a good walnut, you’ll have a good year. If it’s a bad walnut…we still had a good year..lol.
Razz on the Radio:
I used to song in our church choir, St. Peter in Belleville, New Jersey. Every year we would sing at midnight mass, the choir would start at 11:30p. We’d start singing to an empty church and by midnight it would be filled with practically everyone I knew. It’s a great memory and I think about it every year. I enjoyed the choir, until my voice changed.
Nicole:
My favorite memory is Christmas Eve. Growing up we would go to my Nana and Pop Pop’s to eat dinner, then rush to my Grammy and Grandpa’s to open presents. My mom and aunt’s friends, who they grew up with, literally on the same street, would also all meet at my Grammy and Grandpa’s and all the kids would eat cookies, open presents and play with our new toys. What’s awesome about it is that it was usually only people we would see once or twice a year, but we would hang out and play like we saw each other every day. Now, since the grandparents passed away, my aunt does the dinner, and all the same people come, and now some of the kids have kids and instead of us opening presents, it’s the new set of kids, and just as fun and special as it was for us.
