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Use the form on the right and share YOUR story! Do you have fond holiday memories? Do you love your home town, current town, childhood village, or neighborhood? Is there a tradition you enjoy? We all have a holiday story to tell. Regardless of your age, your religion, or your location, please take a moment to tell us about those special times and places in your life and help us expand the Christmas in a Small Town community.
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| Kimberly from Salisbury, NC USA says: | See others from this town | 08-02-2010 |
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| My father-in-law grew up poor in semi rural North Carolina. Spending $5 in the 60's for a polaroid at the mall would be multiplied by five for his five sons. That was a Christmas money they could ill afford to throw away. When he found out it had gone up to $10 for pictures with The Man in the Red S... MORE |
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| Kimberly from Salisbury, NC USA says: | See others from this town | 08-02-2010 |
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| My father-in-law grew up poor in semi rural North Carolina. Spending $5 in the 60's for a polaroid at the mall would be multiplied by five for his five sons. That was a Christmas money they could ill afford to throw away. When he found out it had gone up to $10 for pictures with The Man in the Red S... MORE |
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| Kasey from Cerritos, CA USA says: | See others from this town | 01-03-2010 |
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| When I was around 11 years old we lived in a small costal town north of Los Angeles, CA. My mother worked for a doctor in town and I what remember the most is when mom would take me to the doctor's. There was an old-fashioned town square with shops and offices around the square. Mom would park the c... MORE |
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| Ann from Mt. Vernon, IL USA says: | See others from this town | 12-30-2009 |
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| We lived about 5 mi. outside of town. I remember one Christmas Eve when I must have been about 5 yrs. old there was a knock at the door and it was Santa Claus. After about a 15 minute visit he handed me a sack of hard candy and said "Now eat this and go to bed!". The instant he was out the door I to... MORE |
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| Gloria from Memphis, TN USA says: | See others from this town | 12-25-2009 |
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| I remember driving around the city looking at Christmas lights. My Dad always knew where the best houses were! |
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| Maria from Juana Diaz, PRI says: | See others from this town | 12-25-2009 |
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| I grew up in a town that sets the bar for the definition of small town. It had the grand total of no more than 2000 people when I was growing up. The town is called Juana Diaz, in Puerto Rico. We don't have seasons changing or the possibility of a white Christmas there, but we do have a lot of Chris... MORE |
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| Rick from Lombard, IL USA says: | See others from this town | 12-24-2009 |
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| My most memorable Christmas was when I was about 8 years old. My family and I were at my great aunt’s house for the traditional Christmas celebration. The night was cold and it was snowing pretty hard. The living room was filled with 3 generations of family and I remember staring out the front windo... MORE |
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| Sharon from San Luis, CO USA says: | See others from this town | 12-23-2009 |
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| I grew up in the Appalachian Mountains. Christmas was an amazing, almost magical time. As kids we thought we were rich! We had no idea just how hard our parents struggled, as did just about everyone in the Appalachians. The week before Christmas, every year, we would sit down as a family and decided... MORE |
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| Dorothy from Calais, VT USA says: | See others from this town | 12-22-2009 |
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| Selecting that special balsam Christmas tree from a lot was a major part of my Christmas growing up in the 40's and 50's in a small Massachusetts town.
And for some reason my husband and I continued to buy trees from a lot even though we lived on 50 acres in Vermont - until the Christmas my husband... MORE |
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| Sonja from Calais, VT USA says: | See others from this town | 12-21-2009 |
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| Christmas Eve service in the Old West Church was undoubtedly the highlight of my youth. There is nothing like it in all the world. The candlelight, woodstove heat, crowding together and gleaming faces of our neighbors across the way. Hearing the Christmas story read from Luke interspersed with carol... MORE |
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| Lissette from Philadelphia, PA USA says: | See others from this town | 12-20-2009 |
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| My best Christmas memory would be coming home after midnight mass with my sisters and dad, (mom would be playing santa's helper) to see the tree all lit up and our Star shining over the house with the stained glass(like) insert spinning, replaying the story of the first Christmas. For weeks our tree... MORE |
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| Sherry from Ocean Springs, MS USA says: | See others from this town | 12-20-2009 |
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| About ten years ago when my son Matt was about 12 or 13 years old (a couple of years past believing in Santa) he and I went to a local grocery store to do some shopping. As we were leaving the store we passed by a gentleman sitting on a bench by the exit. The gentleman had white hair and a white bea... MORE |
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| Anne from Richmond, CAN says: | See others from this town | 12-20-2009 |
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| When we were kids, in the 1960s, all you could get were Charlie Brown trees. Those were never good enough for my dad. Every year we'd buy two trees. Dad would cut all the branches off one, then drill holes in the trunk of the other and stick the cut branches in the holes. Our new, improved tree was ... MORE |
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| albert from La Veta, CO USA says: | See others from this town | 12-19-2009 |
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| I always belived in Santa Clause and I was very certain that I would see him before I died, I just did not realize how long it would take. On Dec 24th, 1997 in Sarajeavo, Bosnia the sun was setting as I entered the US compound and passed the armed Turkish gaurds, wishing them a merry Christmas as I ... MORE |
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| Joan from Memphis, TN USA says: | See others from this town | 12-19-2009 |
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| Mother was born in 1926. On each of her Christmas trees was a light in the shape of a small bird and lit each year. Mom died in 1995. "Birdie" has been handed down to me and lights on each of our Christmas trees. Mom and "Birdie" were published in the Memphis Press Simitar at 50 years of Birdie's li... MORE |
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| Bobbie from La Veta, CO USA says: | See others from this town | 12-19-2009 |
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| I used to think Madison, WI was a small town - it wasn't really, but when the students at UW left for Christmas vacation, it turned into one. Then it was sliding down Cowboy Hill on cardboard, skating on Lake Monona, and getting the best presentsfrom my uncle in Green Bay. Now, La Veta is small all ... MORE |
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| Corinne from Forks, WA USA says: | See others from this town | 12-18-2009 |
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| Christmas in Forks: old-fashioned streetlights downtown; sometimes snow, sometimes rain; driving around town looking at the decorated houses - some elaborate, some simple and effective; the giving trees at the 3 local banks; the Twilnkle Light Parade and Moonlight Madness - downtown closed to traffi... MORE |
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| Ginie from Downey, CA USA says: | See others from this town | 12-18-2009 |
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| Santa was due most any time, and my brother and I were on pins and needles waiting the visit of the great man. Suddenly there was a terrible clattering out on the front porch accompanied by lots of laughing and whispers to be quiet. We ran to the door and were greeted by a little shetland pony who r... MORE |
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| Ginie from Williamsburg, VA USA says: | See others from this town | 12-18-2009 |
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| When our son and family moved to Williamsburg, we all decided there had to be a colonial Christmas. On Christmas Eve morning, we woke to ice crystals on every tree and wire. It was a breathtaking sight. Then the power went out. No heat, no phone, and no lights!
The church was lovely that evening i... MORE |
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| Linda from NIagara Falls, NY USA says: | See others from this town | 12-17-2009 |
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| Christmas Eve as a kid, when we got all dressed up to go to Church. I remember the drive to church in the crisp, cold, silent night with just the Christmas light to shine on the fresh fallen show. Then at church we would sing Christmas Songs and were given the Fruit Filled Hard Candy. It was such a ... MORE |
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