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In reply to the discussion: What Was Your Favorite X-mas Present as a Kid? [View all]Dem2theMax
(9,650 posts)This isn't the answer I would imagine anyone would be expecting. But it's the only one that means anything to me now.
My parents were children of the depression, and they had nothing. So when my brother and I were growing up, they more than made up for it with us. My mom went overboard every year, and I don't know how she ever got my dad to agree to pay the bills, but Christmas was really something at our house. We didn't have a lot of money, but my mom somehow made it stretch. We had a really fantastic Christmas every year.
I can think of lots of things that ended up under the tree every year, but the only thing that comes to my mind and fills up my heart is the fact that all of the family gathered at our house for Christmas dinner. My grandmother, my aunts and uncles and all of my cousins came to our house for Christmas.
Now everyone is gone, having passed away years ago. The cousins that are left are scattered all over the country. The only one who sits at the table on Christmas is me. Yes, my family, all of my crazy, wonderful family was the best Christmas present I ever had.