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Probably my fondest childhood memory of Christmas is of my sister and me crossing off days on a calendar hanging in our kitchen.

We counted the days until the Three Wise Men Day, trying to make time pass faster. The fewer the days left before Epiphany, the greater our feeling of anticipation for the expected gifts.

I will always remember the deep and intense emotion we experienced those waiting days at Christmas.

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My childhood memories of Christmas are of family, happiness and gifts.

We could take all the coke and eat the sweets we wanted! I was happy to see the face of emotion of my older sister when she opened her presents. I remember my grandmother and my mother were busy in the kitchen while  my grandfather with my father set the table for dinner, and I still have in my memory some of those presents of Santa Claus: my red bike, the gas station and my Fort Comansi ; distant and wonderful old memories.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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When I think about a memory of Christmas, the first thing that comes to my mind is me in my grandparents’ shop on Epiphany’s Eve waiting for the big parade to pass by on the street. My grandmother was giving me some chestnuts and my grandfather was telling me to be a good kid in order to have a lot of presents. Also, I remember that I was very excited and nervous and hoping that the next morning, I would have a lot of toys and presents.

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My best memory about Christmas was seven years ago. I was 10 or 11 years old, I don't know now.

There were the majority of my family. Getting all together was very exceptional because some cousins didn’t live here. On ordinary holidays we were only my parents, my brother and I. Because of this, I think this was the best Christmas I’ve ever had for years and presents were the least important. Definitely family comes first.

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My favourite Christmas memory is when I was five years old. The afternoon of the fifth of January, my brothers, mother and I went to see the three Kings parade in Aviles, while my father was hiding all our gifts around the house.

When we came home, they told us to find the gifts for each one. I looked behind a big piece of furniture and there was it. A green Pedal Go-Kart. That day, it looked bigger than me!! It was the gift I most enjoyed ever. I think that a few days I slept on it. Finally, when I was 7 years old, I crashed it with a real car in the street and I destroyed the Go-Kart, but after all, it’s one of the best Christmas memories I have.

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The best Christmas ofmy life was when I was 28 years old. I was working in another country and I didn't see my family for two years. I came back home to surprise my family. I will never forget my mother's smile and tears. That Christmas was wonderful.

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I remember when I was seven. I wanted the Magic Kings to give me a bicycle.

That night I couldn't sleep. I heard noises and I thought the camels were there. I fell asleep too late and I woke up very early. When I got up I went running to the living room but there wasn't anything there!! I was almost crying when my mother said, "You should watch in other places." In the end I found a beautiful, red bicycle in the kitchen.

I will never forget that morning.

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I remember when I was a kid and I lived in Barakaldo. On Christmas Eve, my family met to have dinner in grandparents’ house, and when I went to my house I could see the presents that the Olentzero left for my brother and me. We were very happy and we enjoyed playing with them.

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What always brings me back the fragrance and touch of Christmas is every single letter we used to send to the Three Wise Men every year, sweet childhood memories. Those blank papers our parents gave us to fill in with such tender lines, those reverentially and ceremoniously hand- written letters were the Christmas present itself: the invaluable gift of dreaming about a magical world where wishes came true. And their Majesties´ long journey from the exotic Far East made our dreams real as if by magic every Christmas.

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My best memory of Christmas when I was a child is when my brother and me were in bed and my father shouted, 'Children, the Kings came!'
My brother and me jumped out of bed and ran to the place where our sneakers were, and there were our gifts! Then, we carried all the gifts to my parents' bed and we opened them.
Since it was very early, after we opened the gifts, my parents, my brother and me slept in my parents' bed for the rest of the night

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The evening before the Three Kings’ Day was always my favourite at Christmas. I was very nervous all the day because at 7 o'clock the Three Wise Men came to my town. We received them in the church and they gave us sweets.
One year after the parade, I was having dinner when they knocked on the door. My brother and I ran to open it with such good luck that Three Wise Men were there. I didn't know what to say so I hugged them!!
Years later I learned that one of them was my uncle.

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When I was six years old all my family met for dinner at Christmas. The table was full of food, the napkins had drawings of Christmas trees; also the house was full of ornaments. When I went to sleep I saw Santa Claus and I got very nervous.
In the morning I found the hat of Santa Claus and a beautiful bike below the Christmas tree.

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At Christmas, when I was a little girl, every year The Three Wise Men phoned me. They asked me if I had been a good girl during the year.
One evening before the Three Kings’ Day, I went outside to have dinner with my family. We came home late.
Suddenly the phone rang. Here they were. They wanted to know why I wasn't in bed yet.
I ran to bed very worried and nervous, but they were very good to me.

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When I behaved badly, my mother told me The Three Kings were near and they could see and hear all.

One day, I told her I didn’t care if they brought me coal because I thought they weren’t bad. The following January 6th, when I woke up and saw a coal bag beside my bed, I started to cry and I didn’t want to get up. Finally, I was happy when I opened the gifts and discovered the coal was sweet!

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I have a nice memory of the time when I was a child, before Christmas.

I remember when my father and me went to walk in the mountains looking for a pine tree or pine treetops. We cut some of them to carry home. 35 years ago, cutting pine trees was allowed but nowadays it is forbidden. I remember walking with my father and our dog (named "Coppi"). We walked for about 1 or 2 hours in the mountains on a sunny day, but the temperature was cold. When we arrived home my mother and little sister were waiting for us to have lunch, and after that, we prepared the tree with lights and Christmas decorations.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

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My favourite Christmas memory is when I was a child I lived in a beautiful house in a small village.

Every Christmas holiday, I got sick with fever and cough. My doctor did not let me go out of bed.

When it was beginning to snow, all fields were covered with snow but I could not play with the snow. Then my mother and my grandfather made me a snowman. I could give the instructions from my room window. I always wanted a charcoal smile and grandfather’s scarf.

I miss all those things.

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At Christmas, when I was a child, I remember one of the happiest days of my childhood.
One day, I found a gift in my sister's room. I only saw it but I didn’t take it.
I couldn't stop thinking about the present, and a few days later, the Three Magic Kings arrived at my house at night. When I woke up, I went running to the living room and "SURPRISE", the Gift, was there!!.
At that moment, I felt the luckiest girl in the world because I thought that de Three Magic Kings were at my home twice.

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I remember the first time that I went to Cortylandia in Madrid. I remember very well because I went with all my cousins, my brother, my parents and some friends.

Cortylandia was a magical place for me because I could see the characters from my childhood and they danced and sang for everyone and the people had fun and laughed.
I hope to go this year with my nephew, maybe in the future with my own children.

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When I was child I enjoyed Christmas Eve in my grandparents' house. It was an exciting day because my cousins, who were living in Switzerland, arrived in the afternoon. I got on well with them so I was looking forward to seeing them. We spent a lot of time playing.
Moreover, my uncle Vicent played the piano and I loved it! All the family seated around him singing and dancing.
Definitely, it was a great day!

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It was the night of the fifth, January, and I was five. I felt so nervous because the Three Magic Kings were almost there, so I fell asleep even earlier than usual.

When I woke up the next day I had a big present close to my feet and a huge candy that looked like a Christmas tree.

I still remember the way I felt and it was awesome.

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I remember when I was a kid I really liked seeing the streets adorned with lights. Another thing that I liked a lot was to decorate the Christmas tree and place the nativity scene in the living room of my house. Of course, I also really enjoyed waiting for the three magic kings, to open the presents and play with my new toys.
I have never had a Christmas like the ones I had when I was a child. Those who enjoy Christmas parties most are children.

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Twelve years ago, on Christmas Day, during the dinner, somebody knocked on the door and my mother and me went to open. When the door was opened, we saw Santa Claus. He was holding a delicious Pannetone (this is a big cake typical of Christmas). Then, Santa Claus came in, and he had dinner with us. The desert, obviously, was the Pannetone.

This was a beautiful story but five years later, my family told me that Santa Claus wasn’t him; he was my aunt.

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When I was ten years ago, that Christmas was the last with my grandfather. He always cooked cakes in the morning for Christmas breakfast and I liked cooking with him. We always woke up the family singing and playing a toy drum.
Years later I also did it with my children and I remembered my grandfather every Christmas; well... I´ll remember him all the Christmas of my life.

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Some years ago, when I was a kid, my Christmas day was different from today. I remember that I saw people that I didn´t see in all the year, like my aunt, cousins...We often had lunch and dinner at home, but other times we went to a restaurant in our village.
I remember that my aunt gave me a lot of kisses and this was terrible for me...,he he.
My mother is a good cook. On Christmas day she always cooked soap, meat and fish, finally we ate nougats and cake.
After dinner we sang, there were some presents for all us, I was really excited about it. This was the best of this time.
Every year, someone disguised and we played different games with them. At about 2 o´clock in the night I went to my bed and the next morning we had presents again!!!!!

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When I was a child at Christmas I assembled a nativity scene with my brother. We put all figures around the manger/crib, the river with aluminium paper and the floor with moss. Every day the Magic Kings moved a little nearer from crib. Finally the Kings’ night the Magic Kings arrived at the crib. I was very happy and nervous for the presents. I could never sleep that night.

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When I was a child every Kings’ Night I slept with my sister, we were very nervous... And in the middle on the night we woke up silently to see the presents under the Christmas tree and we tried to guess what was inside all the present boxes... It was really funny!

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Christmas was a fantastic moment for me when I was little. I remember that the day of Santa Claus with my family was a special day. My uncle disguised himself, and he gave us our presents. It was a fantastic day, because I saw all my family.
Five years ago, on this fantastic day, my aunt told us that she was going to have a baby, and I was very happy to have a little cousin.

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When I was a child Christmas was a fantastic time for me because I had holidays for 2 weeks and I used the free time for doing all the things I liked such as riding my bike or playing with my electric cars.

Also it was a good time because all my family met to have dinner and I could see all of them after a long time separated.

The last days of Christmas were the best because the Three Magic Kings came with a lot of presents for my sister and me and we enjoyed a lot playing with them.

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SPECIAL CHRISTMAS - NATALIA C. A. 1ºINT-J 

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SPECIAL CHRISTMAS - NATALIA C. A. 1ºINT-J 

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When I was a child I enjoyed Christmas time in my grandparents' house. They had a bar in a small town and I helped them when I didn't go to school because there was a lot of work. The most special moment I remember is 24th at night.
At the bar my grandmother always knew people in need, or people who didn't have a family to enjoy those special days, and she invited those people to have dinner with us.
Every year she invited different people. Sometimes we spoke about football or politics after dinner, and other times people told us interesting stories about their complicated lives.
The only problem that night was that my mother never knew how many people she had to cook for :)

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When I was a little girl, I liked  Christmas because I have the memory of my brother putting the Christmas tree in the living room, and my sister and I decorated it. While my mother us toward the dinner of Christmas Eve. When we finished decorating it, my father and I prepared the sweets and at the same time sang carols. When we finished dinner, the family all together played Bingo or Monopoly.
"For me it's the best memory that I have."