Is today the last day? So many of you are getting close to bingo! Remember to post a comment here if you get all your words!
And the extras today are:
I love all the different festive colors of wrapping paper that we have! We have several rolls from Costco, and like everything else in that store, there is a lot of paper on one roll. :) Some of us use all different kinds of paper for different gifts, and there are others *cough*Jonathan*cough* that like to use one kind of paper for all their gifts. My aunt had a long running tradition of wrapping all her gifts in plain brown paper with pretty fabric ribbons on them, so you could always tell which ones were from her. :)
Have you ever gone Christmas caroling? Our homeschool group went many years ago, and it was so much fun! There were a lot of people that came to the door, they all enjoyed it, and it was a nice night. Last year, for the first time since then, our family went caroling locally. It was a coooold night though and lots of people were not home. However, it was still reallly fun!
We made up little bags with popcorn covered with peppermint candy coating, and Dad wrote a Christmas tract that we printed out and tied to the bag. After we finished singing our songs, one of us ran up to the door and handed them the treat bag. Everybody that came to the door seemed to enjoy our singing, except for the one guy who we didn't know was Jewish until afterward, when he pointed to the mezuzah on the door post and asked if we knew what it meant. (And we sung Good Christian Men, Rejoice, too....heheheh.) We were hoping to go again this year, but so far the week has gone by, and we haven't had the chance. The weather doesn't look too good for the next couple of evenings either. I was going to have a picture of us to post if we had gone earlier this week! :)
Memories...I have so many memories of Christmases past. One memory I have is when everybody came to our house for Christmas, back when Granddaddy and Aunt Bunny were alive, and Hannah and I had to give up our bedroom. We always set up pallets on the floor underneath our ping pong table and would talk long into the night on Christmas Eve. Then there was the Christmas I received Pepper after begging for a dog - I was sooo excited! Or the year I was 3 or 4 and was the angel in our little play...my costume was one of Mom's white blouses, trimmed with tinsel, that almost dragged the floor when I walked. One year I asked for and was thrilled to receive doll diapers...foreshadowing of my current obsession with cloth diapers. :)
Okay, now I'm feeling very nostalgic! Do you have good memories of Christmas to share?
~Sarah
I still have two words to go! Wah! :) I've enjoyed your game, Sarah. And, especially, I've enjoyed reading about your family's traditions. I think it's so cool that each family develops its own traditions, no doubt a combination of personalities, family traditions carried over from the parents' families, and new traditions developed in a serendipitous way. We love sitting around telling stories of past Christmases--just as you have reminisced for today's post. Merry Christmas, to you and all your lovely family.
Posted by: Aunt Rhonda | Friday, December 21, 2012 at 08:17 AM
Isn't it a blessing and so much fun to think of all the memories we have! LOVED the photo of you 4 doing your Christmas play...so sweet!!!
We have caroled every year for the last 20 plus years to widows that God has brought into our lives. It has been the highlight of our Christmas traditions and I think we all receive more of a blessing than the ladies we carol too. The number of ladies varies from year to year, this year we had 15! Needless to say we started caroling at 9:30 in the morning and didn't stop until 6 at night. After we are done our family comes to our house for a caroling party. Lots of yummy treats, and foods that have become tradition for each family member to bring. This year we even had several of our grandchildren join in the caroling. :)
Well I STILL have 3 words to go!
Posted by: Chris | Friday, December 21, 2012 at 08:21 AM
My most vivid memory: When I was about 6 years old I got a new doll for Christmas with new clothes and accessories. When the flurry of gift opening was done and all the paper and bows had been discarded, my doll clothes were missing!!
I was one sad girl when we realized that all those pretty dresses and such had accidentally gone out to the burn barrel with the garbage and were no more. (My dad was VERY efficient in clearing the refuse :-)) At least she had the dress she was wearing.
I still have the doll, Katy, although she's missing an arm and has several pinholes in various places where she recieved all her immunizations over the years!!
No winners here today!! Hope everyone is having as much fun as we are. Blessings to the Girottis today!
Love,
Mrs. White
Posted by: Kathy W. | Friday, December 21, 2012 at 08:29 AM
Thank you so much Deb for the picture . Ilove it.4 words to go--drum,dolls,peace,yule log. Surely those 4 words willbe on here in the morning. Come on BINGO, I can just taste that fudge now and I want that bsket so bad. All take care and I will check in tomorrow.
Posted by: brenda perdue | Friday, December 21, 2012 at 08:59 AM
BINGO!!! :-)
Posted by: Caroline | Friday, December 21, 2012 at 09:14 AM
Congratulations Caroline! I've still got 4 more words to go..... Wah!!! Love hearing about your Christmas traditions! Have a good day all!
Posted by: Lisa Spivey | Friday, December 21, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Congratulations to Caroline!
Remember, there are 2 prizes, so keep on posting Bingo if you have it! :)
Posted by: Sarah G. | Friday, December 21, 2012 at 11:16 AM
I love reading about your Christmas traditions. :) This is such a wonderful time of year to stop and reflect on the wonder and glory of Christ, and I love how the traditions of the season (as you show :) can reflect and bring out that glorious message. :) Merry Christmas to ya'll!
Love in Christ,
Elisha Wahlquist
Posted by: Elisha | Friday, December 21, 2012 at 11:23 AM
A memory of wrapping paper.In 1986 I worked at the Navy Exchange when Chris was stationed in Iceland.One of my jobs was wrapping gifts.Christmas was of course the worst.After the store closed on the 24th we all said I wonder if we mixed any gifts up.I guess we did okay because we never got any complaints.
Posted by: Tammy C | Friday, December 21, 2012 at 02:54 PM
My family has gone caroling twice to a nursing
home. Our church also has a caroling event each year, but we've never been able to go to it. :(
I have four words left.
Posted by: Madeline H. | Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:43 PM
I'm just curious - was your Jewish gentlemen upset or just educating you? I'm wondering, because our Christmas cantata this year had this EXACT scene in it (carolers coming to the door of a Jewish lady and her daughter) and portrayed one as upset and one as more understanding... just curious about how folks feel in real life! :)
Posted by: Taleia | Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 11:35 PM