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Baumgardner: A glimpse at Christmas past

Four days until Christmas!

Some are uttering a sigh of relief because the Christmas pageants are over; the shopping is complete; the house is neat. Others are in a serious frenzy because there is little time left to prepare.

Think for a moment about Christmas past. When you recall years gone by, what are your favorite Christmas memories? On my Facebook page, I recently asked people to think about a memory from Christmas past. Here are some of their responses:

“We were able to surprise and share with our family that they were going to be grandparents, aunts and uncles.” Raley

“The first time we went into the woods and watched our dad cut our Christmas tree it was huge. When we took it home, we made popcorn strings with cranberries for decorations and cut stars out of construction paper. We thought it was the most beautiful tree in the world.” Carole