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Use the form 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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| Joan from Belleville, MI USA says: | See others from this town | 11-11-2009 |
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| Okay, while writing my last story of my winter memories I was reminded of another story. While in my early teens living in MI., we had an area in our back yard that was lower than the rest of the yard. It was like this all the way down through my neighbors yards as well.) When it rained the water wo... MORE |
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| Joan from Bellleville, MI USA says: | See others from this town | 11-11-2009 |
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| My story is more about Winter than Christmas. I live in Tennessee now and there is little snow (none). When I was growing up in MI, there was a lot of snow in the winter. One of my favorite things to do was to ride my snowmobile. I would come home from school (I was in my early teens) and I would pu... MORE |
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| Ami from Flint, MI USA says: | See others from this town | 11-07-2009 |
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| When Steve and I were first married we waited for the sale at Frank's Nursery---the LAST sale, on Christmas Eve. That was the sorriest looking tree we'd ever seen. Of all theh trees over 30+ years, that's the one I remember the most. Good choice.
Thanks for bringing back that memory... |
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| Juanita from Flint, MI USA says: | See others from this town | 12-12-2009 |
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| In Flint, Mich an old tradition is Old Newsboys, sponsored by the newspaper Flint Journal. Its been around for at least 50 years that I am aware of. Families that needed help woul sumit their names for a gift. usually mittens, gloves, socks, a doll or small toy. This would be waited for by us, a fam... MORE |
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| Ruth from Jackson, MI USA says: | See others from this town | 11-05-2009 |
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| Jackson was a small town when I was a child. It has grown today. Christmas Eve was always special. When we stepped out of church services, it would be lightly snowing and it was magical. On Christmas morning the magic continued as we were awakened by the sounds of sleigh bells, Santa's, of course. T... MORE |
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| Elsie from Marion, MI USA says: | See others from this town | 11-01-2009 |
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| Christmas 2008. Our church secretary had the idea to cook Christmas dinner at the church for any in the community who would be alone on Christmas Day. She set the tables with the good china, cooked a fabulous meal and put out the invitation to a free Christmas dinner for anyone who wanted to come. T... MORE |
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| Pamela from Mt. Pleasant, MI USA says: | See others from this town | 12-01-2011 |
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| As a child growing up in the rural areas of Mt. Pleasant, MI, we had grown around 15,000 Christmas trees on our back ten acres and we would cut the biggest one we could get in our house and decorate it, always with a very old big star for the top of the tree.
My dad would take the old home movies ... MORE |
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| Claudia from Rochester, MI USA says: | See others from this town | 11-07-2009 |
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| I grew up in a small town in Michigan ( born in 1955). Money was scarce, presents few, mostly the clothes we needed and a few small toys. but what I remember most is the Christmas Tree. There was always a real, fresh, green, sweet smelling Christmas Tree. We decorated it with all colored lights and ... MORE |
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| Kathy from Saginaw, MI USA says: | See others from this town | 11-07-2009 |
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| Ricky you have taken me back to my small hometown of Bridgeport, Michigan when I was a little girl. It was so geat to grow up in the 1950's when everthing was so much simpler. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas and New Year |
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| Ann from Adrian, MN USA says: | See others from this town | 11-11-2009 |
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| I lived with my grandparents and we moved to a new farm when I was three years old so when Christmas came I wasn't sure that Santa would find me. We only moved in September or October so I really didn't believe Santa knew where I was. So sometime in the night of Christmas Eve or early Christmas morn... MORE |
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| Ann from Adrian, MN USA says: | See others from this town | 12-15-2009 |
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| In the late 40's or early 50's there was a "dresser doll" that was the Barbie of the era. She had a very fancy dress and looked really pretty but for our family budget she was out of reach. So Mom crocheted dresses for "naked dolls" each year for me. I received about 20 of them over the years and sa... MORE |
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| Mitzi from Biwbik, MN USA says: | See others from this town | 12-04-2010 |
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| My favorite memory is all the years combined. My mother was one of 6 children. They all married and had families of their own - all staying in Biwabik. My grandfather believed that at least once a year the ENTIRE family should get together. So that was at our house on Christmas Eve AFTER midnight ma... MORE |
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| Jane from Red Wing, MN USA says: | See others from this town | 12-01-2011 |
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| Merry Christmas from the most wonderful small town in Minnesota!!! |
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| Mary Kay from St Paul, MN USA says: | See others from this town | 12-03-2009 |
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| I remember one Christmas growing up that was my favorite! I was ~ 7 years old, and my little brothers were 6 and 3. My parents pulled the family together during the autumn months and told us that it would be a "special" Christmas and each of us would be working with one of my parents and making each... MORE |
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| Annette from St. Pau;, MN USA says: | See others from this town | 12-10-2010 |
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| I remember walking a block to church on Christmas with my Mom and sisters, the air cold in my nose and the sound of the snow crunching under my feet. We were so excited because Santa came while we were in church. And we always had our Christmas piece to recite on that night. My Dad didn't go to chur... 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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| Margaret from Vicksburg, MS USA says: | See others from this town | 11-06-2009 |
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| When I was in the third grade we lived in Vicksburg, a small town in Mississippi. I was the oldest of eight children and still believed in Santa. That year (1956) our father was in the hospital at Christmas time. One night after my brothers and sisters were in bed, Mamma and I snuggled up on the cou... MORE |
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| Ann from Kansas City, MO USA says: | See others from this town | 12-11-2010 |
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| My daughter and family lived in Nederland, Co. All three girls and families and me decided to spend the Holiday in Ned. The anticipation, emails, and excitement was like electricity running through the family.
My youngest daughter had airline reservations for the wrong day and only discovered it w... MORE |
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| Cindy from Kirkwood, MO USA says: | See others from this town | 12-03-2010 |
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| I remember one year when our children were little we had bought a tree, cut it down, but on the way home, it snowed and the tree was soaked when we got home. We stood it up in a bucket of water in the garage knowing it would dry by the next day. When I was helping husband get it into the tree saver ... MORE |
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| Maureen from Nixa, MO USA says: | See others from this town | 12-04-2010 |
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| in 1954, we were living in the small town of Tracy, CA., in a small 3 room house. I was 13 with a brother 6 and a sister 18 months. My mother was pregant and my father had been rear ended in his plumbing truck coming home on the highway. He was found in the road with head injuries and people had sto... MORE |
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