https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories Share a Christmas memory from your family, friends, or church family! en-us 2020-11-18 14:58:09 UTC 2023-06-16 22:38:09 UTC hello@padlet.com gototapestry https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/936996720 --Shannon Sedgwick]]> 2020-11-18 14:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/936996720 gototapestry https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/937003170 --Shelly Sedgwick]]> 2020-11-18 15:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/937003170 https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/948577394 A few days before Christmas, my dad and I would take my little sled (when there was snow on the ground) and walk back into our woods to find a cedar tree.  This was on our farm near Fritchton, which is a very small town about six miles east of Vincennes. 
     When we had located the right size tree (volunteer of course), Daddy would chop it down; and we would load it on the sled.  We would then walk back to the farmhouse where my mother and I would decorate the tree.  I have very fond memories of this childhood Christmas custom.

Norma Jean Bosworth
11-21-2020


]]> 2020-11-21 20:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/948577394 https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/989261228 We have so many, but a few of our favorites are visiting the Christmas Tree and Nativity scene at Monument Circle, and watching Christmas Story on repeat on Christmas Day!

-The Iszler Family ]]> 2020-12-04 21:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/989261228 https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/989587695 The relatives on my dad's side of the family are from northern Minnesota - Ya Know!!  The cousins would ski and on the lifts up would sing in round, all the way to the top. "Don't put your dust in my dust pan, my dust pan, my dust pan! Don't put your dust in my dust pan, my dust pan's full!! (one verse, for example)
Paula Peterson]]> 2020-12-05 00:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/989587695 https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1011637756 2020-12-11 23:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1011637756 https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1011760330 HIDE THE REINDOG
My siblings and I called this a "Reindog"- Mom won it as low prize at Bridge Club. We used to annoy Mom by hiding it on the Christmas tree. She'd find it, complain and store it away.  So we find it again. and the game continued. Years later, whomever had it at the end of the Season would store the Reindog, until they could hide it on someone else’s tree.]]> 2020-12-12 01:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1011760330 https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1012886446 Our excitement builds for the Christmas season when we get our Christmas tree. This year we got our biggest one yet and had so much fun decorating it. Our van still smells like a Frasier fir! It is our tradition to drive around and look at holiday lights—the kids enjoy taking turns selecting songs while we drive. It is quite an eclectic mix with our crew. The kids get excited for our R2-D2 advent calendar and I get a little creative at creating activities to fill our days. One of my favorite traditions is their school Christmas concert. We are missing it this year but hoping it makes next year’s even more special. I don’t know what memories my children will keep as they grow, but I’m hopeful they remember the love, joy, and awe they have for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Alexandra, Atticus, Brooks, and Scout]]> 2020-12-13 00:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1012886446 https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1013613773 In Chicago, the name of the church I grew up in was “Little White Church”; very fitting as it was literally a little white church building. From the outside it looked like it belonged on the set of a Hallmark Christmas movie. Inside, it was cozy with high ceilings, beautiful wood trim, and remarkable stained glass. Every year we had a Christmas Eve service at 11 pm. It didn’t matter your age or the distance you drove, you showed up. The sanctuary was always dimly lit, but full of excitement. We would sing and worship together. There’s something quite magical about ending every Christmas Eve service in candlelight, singing “Silent Night”, and knowing that as we all headed home Christmas had in fact come. For me, there is no more perfect way to start Christmas morning than the still, dark, early morning hours, and everyone’s heads and hearts focused on the gift and joy of Jesus’ birth. ]]> 2020-12-13 14:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1013613773 https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1016506351 When I was young, we used to always go to Midnight Mass and then go home and open presents that night. We would stay up till 1 or 2 am opening/playing with our gifts, then sleep in the next morning. ]]> 2020-12-14 16:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1016506351 https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1016519915 I remember one year when I was probably ten years old, my mom had surgery and was in the hospital. I wasn’t sure she was going to be able to be out of the hospital by Christmas, but I came home from school one day and my mom was there laying on the couch having just been released from the hospital, ]]> 2020-12-14 16:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1016519915 https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1018466773 When we were pregnant with Jade, we handed these simple snowflake ornaments to everyone we knew, asking them to place it on their tree and pray for her. Now, every time we put it on the tree, we remember that great cloud of witnesses surrounding us - then and now.

- The Glovers]]> 2020-12-15 01:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gototapestry/XmasMemories/wish/1018466773