Mommie Daze tagged me with this:
1. List 12 random things about yourself that have to do with Christmas.
2. Please refer to it as a ‘hoopla’ and not the dreaded ‘m’-word.
3. You have to specifically tag people when you’re done. None of this “if you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged” stuff is allowed…then nobody ends up actually doing it. The number of people who you tag is really up to you — but the more, the merrier to get this ‘hoopla’ circulating through the blogosphere.
4. Please try and do it as quickly as possible. The Christmas season will be over before we know it.
As A Child:
1. I’ll never forget the Christmas my sister got to be Mary in the Church Christmas Program and I played the donkey!
2. Cookies and milk were always put out for Santa, and carrots for the reindeer.
3. The Christmas Story from Luke 2 was always read before opening presents.
4. Christmas Stockings were always opened first.
5. I asked Santa for cookies and candy for Christmas. Yet, dolls were always my favorite gift.
As A Teen:
6. Christmas Eve was spent with aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. Christmas Morning was spent with Mom, Dad, brother, and sister. Christmas Day was spent with more aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. True all through growing up! It is only now that the cousins have married and had families of their own (and moved away—I am in Australia!) that we no longer have these huge My-Big-Fat-Greek-Wedding-style Christmas’s.
7. My sister and I, my best friend and her sister, would plan a big Christmas party…sometimes happening on New Year’s Eve…inviting all of our friends from Pine Ridge Bible Camp in Cedar Springs, MI. So much fun!
8. Still participating in Christmas Pageants…just not as the donkey. That never happened again!
As An Adult:
9. Teaching school planning Christmas parties for my students; Christmas caroling with my students; helping with the Gingerbread House workshop with my students; performing A Christmas Carol radio-show-style with my students.
10. Writing and directing the church Christmas Program…no donkeys in my program.
11. Experiencing Christmas in Brisbane, Australia.
12. Celebrating my first Christmas married. Lovely!
Ok, I did it!!!!