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When I was little, my family always traveled to Corpus Christi, Texas for Christmas.
Both sets of grandparents lived there. They were friends. My grandmothers were in the garden club together. I had no idea how rare and special it was that my grandparents lived in the same town and were friends.
My maternal grandmother had the most amazing dining room. It was huge. The dining room table could seat more than 24 people. She had a glorious china cabinet with holiday decorations in every drawer. Red velvet carpet made the room seem magical, and I’d spend hours looking at the holiday silver and ornaments that I would find. I’d find the felt Santas and hide under the table studying every detail.
On Christmas Eve, she would give my brother and I money and take us to a five and dime at Five Points. We would each pick out an ornament to hang on her tree after the candlelight service.
When I was in high school, she moved to Houston to be closer to my parents, aunts, and uncles. The tradition changed a little bit, and she would order beautiful, grown up ornaments for us every year. My favorites were these glass poinsettias that were red and gold. With the little ones in the house, they’ve stayed wrapped in bubble wrap for a few years, knowing that there will be a time that I’ll unwrap these and the fond memories of my grandmother at Christmas will come rushing back to me.
When I opened the box of Hallmark Heritage Collection ornaments, they reminded me of the ornaments that she would give us – beautiful, stunning, decadent.
It’s amazing what can trigger a sweet memory, isn’t it?
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It was always fun the years my grandparents spent Christmas with us. I love opening presents with them and waking on Christmas morning with them still there.
My grandma always spent Christmas Day at our home. She would bring warm homemade tortillas and had a purse full of hard cinnamon candies.
I have so many memories of my grandparents at Christmas. Too many to count! But one that really sticks out to me is the year my grandma accidentally spiked the eggnog with peach brandy instead of regular brandy (she didn’t like rum). My parents and aunts and uncles took drinks and were like ewwwww! hahahaha!
I just remember how happy and generous they were. They had only granddaughters…five of us. They always went out of their way to make us happy.
We always had Christmas Eve with the grandparents. A tradition I am happy to say, goes on now that I have kids of my own!
My grandma used to make lots of delicious cookies and she had a little ceramic Christmas tree. My other grandparents had an AWESOME tree with motion ornaments!! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
We lived right next door and my grandpa used to come and read twas the night before Christmas we always loved it…
my grandmother is very religious so christmas is very important to her! she would always give us pajamas for christmas and my favorite gift i have ever gotten is a pearl necklace from her! i wear it every time i dress up!
I have spent every Christmas at my grandparents house. This year will be the first without my grandpa though. 🙁 One of my favorite things to remember about him on Christmas is how he’d always be on the floor with us grandkids, and his great grandchildren helping them to open gifts, crawling around, and playing with them. He was, and my grandma is so young at heart. Every Christmas just felt so perfect and fun to me.
I remember wanting to rush to my grandma’s house to help her put her colorful pegs in her ceramic tree.
My grandmother used to come up with a Christmas craft each year. One year it was gingerbread house, sugar cookies, felt crafts, basket with Christmas material and different ornaments.
What wonderful memories! My grandparents lived with us, so my holidays are filled with memories of both my parents and grandparents. I was one lucky girl! 🙂
My favorite memory of my favorite grandpa I called papa is when he would travel from New Hampshire to Virginia and laugh and make fun of us. HE being the only one allowed. We just connected on so many levels. I was still his lil Jamie even at 31 yrs old..I miss him so much.
My grandparents had a cousin who would visit dressed as Santa and my grandfather would always question me about how good I was while my grandmother promised him I had been good all year
My grandparents used to host a holiday party each and I have happy memories of helping my grandma fry up donuts for the do-it-yourself donut bar. She was always the happy hostess.
I spent my summers growing up with my grandparents at their lake house
My grandparents always had us over Christmas evening for stories and hot cocoa!
My favorite memory of my grandparents is spending time with them for Christmas. They would always play The Jackson 5 and The Temptations Christmas albums. Those are my favorite Christmas albums to this day.
I used to spend Christmas break with my grandparents. I loved their stories.
They’d come for our Christmas party every year!
I remember that my Grandma always made Meatballs & Peas (a sort of stew-like dish) for Christmas Eve. Haven’t had that dish since and probably never will. It was unique, to say the least!
My memories of my grandparents are going over to their house for Christmas dinner with all my aunts, uncles, and cousins.
My grandma makes spritz cookies every year – yum!
My grandmother, mom, and I make ginger snap cookies every year and then the family gets together at my grandparents house on Christmas Eve to sing carols. 🙂
I remember putting tinsel on the tree with my grandmother
Unfortunately all of my grandparents died rather young, or lived far away. I do remember visiting great grandparents, but not during the holidays.
We used to go to my grandparents every Christmas Eve for a party.
our grandparents used to come visit us at christmas and brings lots of christmas goodies and food and gifts and we would have a wonderful time
My paternal grandparents died before I was born, and my maternal grandparents didn’t celebrate Christmas and they lived 4 states away from us… 🙁
Christmas crackers with my nana
I don’t have any grandparents or parents living and miss them but my hear always warms remembering all of them at this time of year.
I always spend Christmas growing up at my grandparent house they did not have much yet made the best of it, plus my grandmother made my birthday special since it be Christmas eve especially my 16th one had all the relatives there for it so special indeed
I always remember my grandparents tree was decorated with these glass icicle ornaments. So pretty!
My grandma would always cook grandpa’s favorite, Turkey
When I was little, my sister and I would stay at my grandparents after everyone else went home after Christmas day festivities. We’d make pancakes for dinner, drink hot chocolate, and watch a holiday movie. Great memories!
I always loved going to my grandparents during the holiday season to help them decorate!
My grandparents had a silver tree. It was pretty but different. All of us cousins got a red net bag (I think it was from potatoes) filled with fruit & nuts. We all had Christmas dinner together.
Going to their house on Christmas and having a HUGe Christmas dinner!
I always loved wrapping presents with my grandma.
My brother and I *loved* going to my grandparents’ house for Christmas when we were little. My grandfather always bought a huge Christmas tree, and my grandmother would buy those huge plastic candy canes full of candy for us. We loved it. 😀
I definitely do! Every year after Christmas I would help my grandma set up her Nativity scene in her living room. She would let me spread out the fluffy fake snow while she unpacked the buildings and people. While we were doing that my Grandpa would be outside hanging the Christmas lights and my brothers would be outside with him, helping as much as they could. When we were done, my Grandma would give us hot cocoa and tons of cookies. My Grandma is still with us, and she hasn’t put out her Nativity Scene since my Grandpa passed, but I’ll always cherish the memories<3
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My grandparents always had a train under the tree, so I have grandchildren now and I have a train under my tree also.
I honestly do not. My grandparents passed away when I was young, so the only thing I remember is churning butter on their front porch and working in the garden. No Christmas memories at all.
I gave my grandparents a little handmade ornament for Christmas when I was 7 or so. They’ve put it on their tree for almost 20 years!
I loved making latkes with my Bubbe and then making Christmas cookies with my Grandma just a few weeks later!
To this day, I make huge batches of both for my family and friends even though both amazing women have passed away. I miss them both so much!
I would help my gt=grandmother make pies during the holidays.
As my Granny opened her Christmas presents, she would put the bow from the package on top of her head or if it had a ribbon on it, she would wear it as a necklace. As she opened more presents, she would have bows all over her. As a child, she would let me put the ribbons & bows on her from my presents, too. I thought it was so much fun to decorate Granny!
My own Mom continued that same tradition with my two children, her only grandchildren–and they both loved it, and adored her.
If anyone would say a prayer for our family, we would very much appreciate it. Mom passed away unexpectedly this year, and this will be our first Christmas without her. Thank you.
I will absolutely be praying for you. I’m so very sorry for your loss.
I remember my grandma used to like to crochet and she LOVED her “stories” She’d sit and crochet while watching Days of our Lives
I remember going to my grandparent’s every Christmas. My grandma would make each person’s favorite dessert. We had a running joke in our family that there were always more desserts than food.
My grandmother decided to be silly one year and showed up at our family Christmas party wearing her dress — and a Pittsburgh Steelers baseball cap. She had everyone in so much laughter. 🙂
I was very young when they passed… I can barely remember driving up to their cabin and spending a few days every Christmas.
So many holiday memories with my grandparents! My grandma always made fudge and I can still remember how the smell would fill up the house. Laying on the couch in the front room and watching their BIG Christmas tree shine in the front window. They had those strands of lights that play little, tinkling Christmas carols, and they always put silver tinsel on the tree. That stuff got everywhere!
I have many holiday memories with my grandparents. When I was little we used to take the bows off of all the presents and stick them to my Papa’s head. We did that every year.
For Christmas during my early teen years, my grandparents had a special day with me and let me pick out my gifts. They would come get me from school and then take me for a snack at McDonald’s. They would give me a budget and let me pick out whatever I wanted at the mall. It was so fun and exciting. I really enjoyed that time shopping with them. I’ll always remember it.
My favorite memories are cooking holiday meals with my grandma! She was the best cook and now I have carried on in her place making all the holiday meals!
My Grandparents would travel each year about 600 miles to come visit us. My Grandfather passed away when I was 7, but I clearly remember him visiting and telling me that Santa would not come if I was awake. He read me a story and I was supposed to go to sleep, but I couldn’t. I kept flying to my window to see if Santa was there. My Grandfather caught me and I remember being lifted into a bear hug by him. He smelled of white owl cigars and broom corn (he was a broom maker).
I miss my grandma’s Christmas dinners.
My grandparents and my great grandparents played a huge part in my holiday memories. My grandma on my dad’s side was SUPER into Christmas and she decorated the house from top to bottom. It was super magical. Now that I have kids, I’ve kept a lot of her decorations so I can do the same neat thing for my kids!
I took my Grandmother to see Christmas lights every year before she died.
My grandmother would come over for Christmas and see the gifts we received and then we would go to her house and eat with all the family. It was always such a great time with her and the cousins etc.
My grandma putting out 2 trees, one for us kids to decorate!
My grandmother bought me my first Bible for Christmas when I was 10. It was monogrammed and I still have it 37 years later.
I remember one Christmas when we were small my grandfather waking us up Christmas morning at like 5am because he was so excited. My parents were not happy lol
I loved the cornbread dressing my grandmother made for our holiday meals!
My grandparents won the town’s Christmas Light contest during much of the 1970s when I was a little girl. I remember the love they put into it and looking back as an adult, that says everything about why they did it and inspires me with my own Christmas outreach activities as a grown-up.
My grandmother would always tell me that when I was little I would always take the ornaments off the tree and hide them in the snow. And she wouldn’t know about it until the snow would melt in April.
Going to a horse show near where they lived every year.
We would always stay at my grandparents house for Christmas. They had a huge Christmas tree, decorations everywhere, and plenty of food for Christmas day.
What wonderful memories! My grandparents lived with us, so my holidays are filled with memories
I love the meals my grandma cooks.
I remember having lunch at my great grandmother’s house every Christmas and she would give all the kids a pack of Juicy Fruit and $1. We were all content with it because spending time together seemed more than thinges when we were younger.
My Grandma left this world days before Christmas 2 years ago but luckily we had our Holiday Party early and got to remember the good times.