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Christmas Memories | Christmas Memories

annette-talbert's picture
Dec.21.2011
It's less than five days before Christmas and all is calm around my house. Shopping is finished, cookies are baked, the tree is trimmed, the gifts wrapped. The kids are hanging around the house working on their various projects, and everyone is getting along. I remember how the waning days...
annette-talbert's picture
Dec.04.2011
After a stress filled week, I decided to spend Saturday decorating the house for Christmas. I wanted to clear my mind of all the negative energy that had crept in, and replace it with Christmas cheer. As I opened each bin and began sorting through the lights, ornaments, Santas and Snowmen my mind...
thomas-burchfield's picture
Dec.24.2010
(You will enjoy the following with its photos much much more, if you go to my webpage at A Curious Man.   This morning, I dreamt I was home on Red Mill Road again, walking the woods behind my home. It seems an especially barren Christmas for many this year, for many reasons. Sometimes...
david-bakke's picture
Dec.26.2009
I have a young son at home who has a birthday that is very close to Christmas Day.  It doesn’t really bother us, his parents, or him too much yet that it is so close to Christmas, I just thought I’d mention that because  we just finished celebrating his birthday a few days ago. We probably didn’t...
cat-connor's picture
Dec.23.2009
I don't know if I have a favorite Christmas. I certainly have memorable ones. One shared with family and friends a few years ago now - springs to mind. And because Chrissy loves this poem and remembers with horror the Christmas that led to it. (Even the animals were badly behaved - our dog tried to...
aberjhani's picture
Dec.02.2009
Celebrated for visual works that have documented African-American cultural traditions and expanded the recognized styles of fine art in major exhibitions, Red Room member Michele Wood is also an award-winning book illustrator whose work adorns the pages of the modern holiday classic, Christmas Soul...
susan-brown's picture
Dec.25.2008
Merry Christmas to everyone at Redroom!  This, for my family, has been a thoroughly modern Christmas, with people here, there, and everywhere.  Jessica Barksdale Inclan wrote about dinner with blended families and I knew just what she meant.  This Christmas, KidOne and I are going down to visit my...