Christmas Memories & Traditions
Christmas is such a special holiday filled with traditions and memories.
Some of the happiest memories of my life were made during the Christmas season
Putting up the Christmas tree, always brings back memories of Christmas’ past.
Like the year my husband cut down a tree off a friends property, it was a nice big tree and FREE!…….It was big alright, when we got it into the house it’s branches stretched across more than half of or family room! It just wasn’t going to work, and taking it back out of the house proved even more difficult! We still laugh about that tree to this day! Which is probably one of the reasons we no longer get a real tree.
This was our FIRST Christmas tree, our first Christmas we were married, and our only Christmas that we were not parents.
(oh, I think he’s going to shoot me for posting some of these pictures! LOL)
Each year the same angel is placed atop the tree.
Look at the look of excitement on my nieces face!
the family picture,
usually in front of the tree

These pictures are VERY special to me……..
They were taken the last Christmas we spent with my Dad
This is my family –
Me, my Dad, my Mom and my Brother
As silly as taking all of those pictures may seem some times, I’m SO thankful I take them.
As our girls have gotten older, we have let some traditions go (no more trips to the mall to see the Big Guy…)
and have started some new traditions, like shopping together on Black Friday, and this will be the second year that Hollywood will host Christmas Eve at her house!
Please feel free to link up below so that we can all see your Christmas Memories and Traditions . The linky will be up thru Monday! Don’t forget that if you link up on this post you’ll be entered to win some fun prizes over at Simply Sweet Home. Hope you join us!
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Such sweet pictures, Cheryl! Thanks so much for sharing them.
Such sweet pictures, Cheryl! Thanks so much for sharing them.
Those are great pictures! You have a lot of great memories and traditions, thank you for sharing them. (And thank you for hosting this theme!)
I love the idea of each kid having their own color of wrapping paper. I can imagine that that made handing out gifts much easier. I think I might have to start doing that too as our family grows.
Those are great pictures! You have a lot of great memories and traditions, thank you for sharing them. (And thank you for hosting this theme!)
I love the idea of each kid having their own color of wrapping paper. I can imagine that that made handing out gifts much easier. I think I might have to start doing that too as our family grows.
What fun pictures! I hope my link is okay, I had planned on linking another post but my pictures are not cooperating with me 🙂 And you left a comment on the pie, so I thought it might be okay.
Thanks for hosting! It's been a fun week!
~Liz
What fun pictures! I hope my link is okay, I had planned on linking another post but my pictures are not cooperating with me 🙂 And you left a comment on the pie, so I thought it might be okay.
Thanks for hosting! It's been a fun week!
~Liz
Oh TidyMom!
I just adore all the old photos!
Your hubby looks sooooo PROUD of your first Christmas tree in that first photo!
Doesn't it seem like time just flies by…
far too fast.
As I write this…I can barely believe that I'm not going HOME for Christmas this year.
My first Christmas EVER not to wake up at my parent's farm in Alabama.
I don't know why…but I am having a sad moment…this very moment!
All of your photos from over the years are just so classic!
So like all of ours.
And the HAIR…Oh the hair…goes through so many changes…we did like it BIG and POOFY back in those 80's!
And your Daddy…your dear sweet Daddy.
Life is just so fragile.
I know you are creating lovely memories and traditions during this special season for your family…just think…in 20 years…your daughter may be blogging about the same memories that were created when she was growing up…like BLACK FRIDAY!!
XXOOXX
Thanks for inviting me to join in on the fun!
Have a lovely weekend!
Oh TidyMom!
I just adore all the old photos!
Your hubby looks sooooo PROUD of your first Christmas tree in that first photo!
Doesn't it seem like time just flies by…
far too fast.
As I write this…I can barely believe that I'm not going HOME for Christmas this year.
My first Christmas EVER not to wake up at my parent's farm in Alabama.
I don't know why…but I am having a sad moment…this very moment!
All of your photos from over the years are just so classic!
So like all of ours.
And the HAIR…Oh the hair…goes through so many changes…we did like it BIG and POOFY back in those 80's!
And your Daddy…your dear sweet Daddy.
Life is just so fragile.
I know you are creating lovely memories and traditions during this special season for your family…just think…in 20 years…your daughter may be blogging about the same memories that were created when she was growing up…like BLACK FRIDAY!!
XXOOXX
Thanks for inviting me to join in on the fun!
Have a lovely weekend!
What memories and pictures to cherish!
What memories and pictures to cherish!
Photos are very precious. I have some pictures of myself and my sister with my mom shortly before she passed. They are very dear to me. Thank you for sharing your special memories through pictures.
Photos are very precious. I have some pictures of myself and my sister with my mom shortly before she passed. They are very dear to me. Thank you for sharing your special memories through pictures.
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful traditions and memories… and for hosting today! I, too, cherish all my pictures. I have a picture of my mom, dad, brother, and myself maybe a year before my mom passed away from lung cancer and it is very precious to me. Geez, I have a feeling looking through people's posts is going to make me cry today!!
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful traditions and memories… and for hosting today! I, too, cherish all my pictures. I have a picture of my mom, dad, brother, and myself maybe a year before my mom passed away from lung cancer and it is very precious to me. Geez, I have a feeling looking through people's posts is going to make me cry today!!
Don't you just love all the fun fashions and styles. Thanks for sharing your Christmas photos.
Don't you just love all the fun fashions and styles. Thanks for sharing your Christmas photos.
Thanks for hosting the 5th day of the Holly Bloggy Bash :o) and for sharing your memories :o)
Thanks for hosting the 5th day of the Holly Bloggy Bash :o) and for sharing your memories :o)
Oh, Cheryl! You are making me cry! What great memories and sweet pictures of your dad.
We spent my mom's last Christmas…10 years ago…in New York City. My mom had always wanted to go and to see the Rockettes, so my dad flew us all there. It was very bittersweet because she was pretty sick. She died 2 months later. I miss her. I know you miss your dad, too.
My sister & I always had matching pajamas on Christmas morning. 🙂 And, despite my mom being a good cook, we always had Sara Lee Butter Streusel Coffee Cake Christmas morning. The first Christmas they spent with us, I told her I planned to make coffee cake from scratch. That didn't go over well. I was running to the store on Christmas Eve to buy that darn Sara Lee one!
Oh, Cheryl! You are making me cry! What great memories and sweet pictures of your dad.
We spent my mom's last Christmas…10 years ago…in New York City. My mom had always wanted to go and to see the Rockettes, so my dad flew us all there. It was very bittersweet because she was pretty sick. She died 2 months later. I miss her. I know you miss your dad, too.
My sister & I always had matching pajamas on Christmas morning. 🙂 And, despite my mom being a good cook, we always had Sara Lee Butter Streusel Coffee Cake Christmas morning. The first Christmas they spent with us, I told her I planned to make coffee cake from scratch. That didn't go over well. I was running to the store on Christmas Eve to buy that darn Sara Lee one!
Well, duh, I'm not quite sure why I didn't think about my Pez Tree when I linked up my Pie. So I've added it.
Thanks again!
~Liz
Well, duh, I'm not quite sure why I didn't think about my Pez Tree when I linked up my Pie. So I've added it.
Thanks again!
~Liz
Those are very special memories, thank you for sharing them. And, the pictures are wonderful – I know all pictures of my father are special, but the ones of our last Christmas together, are especially so.
Those are very special memories, thank you for sharing them. And, the pictures are wonderful – I know all pictures of my father are special, but the ones of our last Christmas together, are especially so.
Lovely and wonderful traditions…we do the thing with ornaments my children look forward to their new ornament as much as gifts…you have a beautiful family!
Lovely and wonderful traditions…we do the thing with ornaments my children look forward to their new ornament as much as gifts…you have a beautiful family!
Wonderful memories and treasured photos ~ thanks for sharing these special moments with all of us.
Wonderful memories and treasured photos ~ thanks for sharing these special moments with all of us.
I adore that one of your hubs lifting your daughter up to top the tree. So precious!
I adore that one of your hubs lifting your daughter up to top the tree. So precious!
What a sweet stroll down memory lane!! Your family is just beautiful!
Blessings-
Amanda
What a sweet stroll down memory lane!! Your family is just beautiful!
Blessings-
Amanda
Cheryl you are so right…those pictures taken in a snap sometime turn out to be family treasures.
I love seeing all your traditions and your beautiful family.
Hugs
Robin
All Things Heart and Home
Cheryl you are so right…those pictures taken in a snap sometime turn out to be family treasures.
I love seeing all your traditions and your beautiful family.
Hugs
Robin
All Things Heart and Home
I couldn't leave a message on the post you left for my party last week but at least I got to see all of this as well.
Thanks for all your great posts and I love your decor one tree and all.
Cheri
I couldn't leave a message on the post you left for my party last week but at least I got to see all of this as well.
Thanks for all your great posts and I love your decor one tree and all.
Cheri