Does Christmas time bring back good

[low-key]

or bad memories from your childhood ?

brings back great memories for me, but sad that now my parents have died and me and sis are old, lol.

 

[lullwater]

From childhood, good memories. Thought nothing could change my enthusiasm for Christmas.

 

[Micca]

I'll say good, but honestly I don't remember much one way or the other.

 

[low-key]

From childhood, good memories. Thought nothing could change my enthusiasm for Christmas.

I guess by the way you phrased this something has

 

[dotfurio]

Good memories. We always spent Christmas at my grandparents farm. My aunts, uncles, and cousins were there. I'd spend almost all my time outside making snowmen and sledding because there's no snow in my hometown.

 

[Meriweather]

Good......Christmas was, and is, a great time at our house

 

[scrhsa]

Good for me. But like you its a bit sad now. Christmas day was when my Dad's cancer took a turn for the worse.
But I try not to let that color the mood of the holiday. I am incredibly grateful for all the good Christmas' we had with him

 

[Bilberry]

Yeah, pretty much good memories with Christmas. When I think of Christmas, the memories that return the most are traveling into the mountains on the west coast to visit my grandparents.

 

[ronandannette]

The prevailing emotions attached to Christmas are definitely very good - I look back on my entire childhood and family life with much warmth, fondness and gratitude. But weirdly, my most distinct memories are of "bad stuff"; isolated incidents that tarnished certain occasions. They're easy enough to put out of my mind and certainly haven't scarred me for life or anything but I find it interesting that those things can so easily be recalled when, on balance, they are a drop in the proverbial bucket of much happier, more positive experiences.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

From childhood, good memories. Thought nothing could change my enthusiasm for Christmas.

Same for me. I went from being all about Christmas to just wanting it to be over with.

 

[RedAngie]

I'll say good, but honestly I don't remember much one way or the other.

Same. I don't recall any bad memories, so I suppose they were good, or at least neutral.

 

[Bluestars]

I have good memories. Christmas was always a happy time for my family, even though we didn't have a lot of material possessions. We had Christmas tree decorating parties, made construction paper chains for the tree, homemade ornaments, and used a needle and thread to string popcorn. My mom made fudge for our stockings. We always got a real tree and had fun shopping for it. I remember the excitement of waking up on Christmas morning and seeing all of the presents beneath the tree. It was magical.

 

[erin1715]

I have great memories from childhood about Christmas. Like a PP said, waking up and seeing those presents under the tree was magical. I couldn't wait to get to Christmas day as a kid.

As an adult, I appreciate the meaning of Christmas much more (year round really). I still love this time of year and almost enjoy the lead up to it more than the actual day. It's a bit sadder for me lately, unfortunately. My grandparents are getting older and sicker so they don't gather with the family like they used to. And my husband and I haven't been able to have children so instead of our family getting larger, it seems to be getting smaller at the holidays which makes me sad. I don't like to think of my parents getting older either. And when we get together with my husbands side of the family, his brothers all have babies and their wives are getting pregnant, so it's really hard for me in that respect too.

I don't want to be a debbie downer though, so I'm constantly reminding myself of the true meaning.

 

[Disneylover99]

Great memories!
Food, family, friends....

 

[sasywtch]

Christmas was always good growing up (well except the year I woke up with the mumps and watched all the other kids outside playing with their new toys). Got married with kids, went to my moms for 2pm dinner with all my siblings/family then at 6 went to my dh's mothers with all his family (9). My dad passed, so my mom started going to the 6pm dinner with us (my dh now x family lived across the street growing up, my oldest sister is married to my dh brother). When my mom passed, my oldest sister started hosting our family Christmas. She passed a few years ago so now my family seperates. My kids and my other sister go to my son's (he has the kiddos and the bigger house), my brother and bil goes to my brother's kids. Even though it's separated now, it's still good. My kids use to leave around 4 to go to their dads but since he moved away, he now comes to my sons.

 

[MinnieMouse84]

Most years we'd fly to my grandparents' house on Christmas and fly back on New Year's. It's bittersweet because they're gone now, and this time of year makes me miss them even more than usual. But I do have great memories of being with them.

 

[Atlas722]

Good memories, except for 1974.

My dad's job got transferred from Cleveland to Toledo in December 1973, and my family moved to Toledo in January 1974. I was bummed out a little during Christmas '74. Other than that, good memories.

 

[E&Cmom]

Definitely! After my mom passed away in my 20s, it wasn't the same but now that I have my own family I am able to have wonderful memories again.

 

[Squirlz]

I remember fondly the huge boxes that would come in the mail, with gifts for all of us from all the Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles and Cousins. The downside; Mom nagging us to write the Thank You letters.

 

[L&Lfan]

Totally agree with the OP. My childhood/teenage/young adult Christmases were filled with nothing but happy memories. As a Christian, Christmas is still a joy filled season, but as a human being, I do experience some melancholy having no immediate family left and approaching my senior citizen years (I am 57). My partner of 24 years and I will be separated by distance this Christmas so that adds another level of sadness this year. But on Christmas Day I will certainly count my blessings and rejoice with the rest of the Christian world!