Wordful Wednesday – What’s your fondest holiday memory?
When I was a child, we would always celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve and on Christmas day we always took a five hour drive to West Hartford, CT to visit my Grandmother. We didn’t celebrate it like most families would. Instead, my father, 3 siblings and I would make the holiday special by putting on various skits for my Grandparents each year.
Every year it was different. Sometimes we’d dress up like characters from Saturday Night Live (I remember once one brother was the “Church Lady” played by Dana Carvey and another dressed up like Ed Grimley”). My family always loved that show and watched it together every night. I’ve even started collecting the various DVD collections with the “Best Of” and complete season DVD’s available at Target.
We were the Partridge Family. It was so much fun. We’d decide what we wanted to sing and we’d play it live for my Grandparents. My father would play guitar (he can play anything, he’s amazing), my brother Mark the drum thing built into Grandma’s organ and Chris played keyboard.
Then we all sang. I LOVE to sing. I can’t remember exactly what I was singing but I assume it was about love and it looks like I was using a giant plastic bone as a microphone. I’m always going to Karaoke with my friends and sang in high school – went all State one year and all-county the other three. If it wasn’t for those Christmas’ singing with my family, I wouldn’t have had the confidence I need to sing in front of people all the time.
I really miss my Grandma. She could always make me laugh, although I don’t think she intended to. Getting together with my brothers, sister and daddy each year to put a smile on her face while we all worked together to sing songs (with harmony even!) gives me Christmas memories to cherish!
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That is really cool. I have very few memories. I love yours!
.-= Stefany @ ToBeThode´s last blog ..WW: It’s been a year =-.
Beautiful memories!!! We like to sing and act silly as well.
In fact, I started a mini-series yesterday, featuring me and my family singing Christmas Carols. You can check out the first post by clicking on the ‘CommentLuv’ thingy. I hope you like it!
Today’s post, here
Merry Christmas!
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It would be so much fun to do that!
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I love the idea of skits…how fun!!!
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Love Is Strange. I like the additional pointing at the sign to illustrate the message even further ;0)
I lived just over the mountain in Avon, CT. I still drive home there for Christmas every year. We never put on skits, but I do enjoy a good puppet show every now and then – nutcrackers make great singers for Phantom of the Opera – you should try it sometime.
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That is such a lovely memory of being with your family. I used to love being in plays at church and performing as a child when I got to and I hope my kids will do this in our family home too. It’s so fun you know, just being together as a family.
Happy Holidays!
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What a great Grandma she was! Thanks for the stroll down memory lane–you were a lucky girl!
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That’s so fun! What great memories you have. Fun photo, too!
My pic is a bar of Fels Naptha soap being grated for a batch of laundry soap. Looks like cheese, but it isn’t. LOL!
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That rocks! What fun memories! I remember my sisters and I putting on shows for our parents when we were kids. I’m pretty sure we were awful though!
What a sweet memory. I love old photos like this.
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Those are the memories holidays are made of! Not all the frivolous and expensive gifts that will be replaced in a year. The memories are irreplaceable and priceless! Awesome.
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Love the memory!
What fun memories! I think it’s really sweet and extra special what you guys did on Christmases past for your grandma.
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Your traditions sound like SO MUCH fun!!
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The year I got the New Kids on the Block bedding!!
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Your family Christmases sound like they were a blast! So much fun! My family wasn’t really ‘into’ Christmas – we used to pack a picnic and go to the beach!!! Well we are in Australia with upside-down seasons
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That’s awesome. So much more fun then sitting around, bickering at each other (that’s what my family did).
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