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I are doing well and hope to visit when the pandemic is under control. It has been a rough year for so many people all over the world I've become sick and many have died.

I have two things that I remember most from my childhood Christmases...

I had an uncle who didn't get married until he was in his 50s and had no children of his own. In the group of cousins around my age, there were all the words or one girl and. Every December, starting when I was around 8, my uncle would take my cousin, Ann, and myself, shopping at the local shoe store in the town I grew up in....

Dearest Eva, My strongest and most joyous childhood memory is Christmas mornings. Every Christmas Eve my mother would stay up late to wrap Christmas presents which she placed under the Christmas tree, which was beautifully decorated. Additionally, my mother took the time to set up our miniature Railroad train set in front of the Christmas tree. I,...

Griffin I am honored that you asked me to share my memories from my many years of Christmases. You mentioned the story about your dad, as a child, eating the popcorn from the decorations on the tree, as well as me cutting down the tree every year as your dad, Uncle Mark, Aunt Kris, and Grandma Bev watched it often fall on me! ...

Thank you for sharing your Christmas memory of gift-giving with your sister. When I was a little boy, I had a Christmas savings account at the bank or I deposited money each week so I could buy presents for my two brothers and sister. I think I save 25 cents a week.

I recall, and you may recall, several years ago we put our big stuffed turkey in the oven on Christmas morning. After two hours of cooking at 325 degrees all of us agreed that the smells coming from the oven were mouth-watering.

We have been doing okay. We had a good Christmas with plenty to eat.

I would like to share a memory of something that happened in 1966-1967.

Grandpa and I love sharing the holidays with family also. However, we were by ourselves this year because of concerns about the pandemic. We enjoyed speaking to everyone on the phone though. When I was growing up my family included five children - An older brother and sister, and two younger brothers. Each of us was a little over a...