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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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| Carol from Goulburn, AUS says: | See others from this town | 11-07-2009 |
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| Here is an Australian Christmas Carol to give you the idea of my Christmas -
The north wind is tossing the leaves,
The red dust is over the town,
The sparrows are under the eaves
and the grass in the meadow is brown,
As we lift up our voices and sing - the the Christ Child the Heavenly King.
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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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| Jane from Keswick, CAN says: | See others from this town | 11-06-2009 |
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| When I was probably about 8 or 9 years old (somewhere around 1971) I remember my mom and dad bundling my sister, brother and me in our winter woolies and taking us across town on our tobaggon/sled to get our Christmas tree. I had to stop and do a snow angel or two along the way. The snow so crisp, t... MORE |
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| Joan from Timmins, CAN says: | See others from this town | 11-04-2009 |
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| Winter in Northern Ontario can begin stormy, freezing rain and treacherous driving conditions. Just as the last minute shopping starts I remember gently falling, huge snow flakes, the music from the stores decorations, and coloured lights. Meeting friends shopping for their treasures, the moments th... MORE |
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| Nina from Welland, CAN says: | See others from this town | 11-08-2009 |
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| As a child I remember walking to Church Christmas Eve to sing in the Childrens Choir.
The whole church was decorated and the lights and music along with the creche at the front of the church made the christmas so special .
Outside the snow was gently falling and everything was white and clean and ... MORE |
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| ViVi from Repentigny, CAN says: | See others from this town | 11-05-2009 |
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| After trying to write something about Christmas in a small town, I realized that I did not grow up in a town. I am a Suburbia Girl with No Town.
Nevertheless, Christmas was beautiful. We were a small family (2 children, 2 adults) with not to much resources. We visited family on New Years but Chris... MORE |
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| Hannelore from Hamburg, DEU says: | See others from this town | 10-31-2009 |
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| We used to live in a 3rd floor flat with no access from the outside (no balconies or fire escapes). We did not own a tv set or tape recorder, and the family radio was in the kitchen. Every Christmas Eve the livingroom door was locked during the day. My parents and I spent the evening in the kitchen.... MORE |
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| IRENE from Nuevo Laredo, MEX says: | See others from this town | 12-10-2010 |
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| My Holiday Memories as a child 50 years ago, were Las Posadas (inn) with my family, walking from one house to the next, with songs asking for a room to spend the night with Joseph and Mary (dolls), no doors opened, tired, cold, walking, for many blocks, the happy ending was one door open with surpri... MORE |
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| Brit from Hovet, NOR says: | See others from this town | 12-10-2010 |
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| Back in 1991 I got divorced and the agreement with my ex-husband was that our daughter would celebrate Christmas alternatly with me and him. So in 1992 I packed her off to see her Dad and packed myself off to visit my sister, who lives in Hovet in Hallingdal. This is an 8 hour drive in the winter. W... MORE |
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| Britt from Florø, NOR says: | See others from this town | 10-31-2009 |
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| We allways had rice porridge for lunch on Christmas eve. Mom made a lot because Santa loves porridge. She put the leftovers in a bowl, put suger and cinnamon and a dash of butter on it, and we got outside and put it in a safe place for Santa to eat when he delivered our gifts. I believed in this for... MORE |
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| Hanne-Grete from Narvik, NOR says: | See others from this town | 11-08-2009 |
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| Standing outside looking in, thats my childhood christmases. My family didnt celebrate christmas, new year, birthdays, not any holiday or event. On christmas eve I would go out, peeking in windows in the neigbourhood. Looking at smiling faces, the decorated trees, wonderful food and whole families t... MORE |
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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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| Jan from Jeddah, SAU says: | See others from this town | 11-04-2009 |
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| In the 1970s we lived in Saudi Arabia and the first Christmas I invited the wives and kids from our company over and we made ornaments from dough that we baked and then painted. We made paper chains and strings of popcorn, baked cookies and drank hot chocolate while we were doing all of this. I made... MORE |
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| Marquita from Albertville, AL USA says: | See others from this town | 11-07-2009 |
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| My favorite story of Christmas was of a soldier and a stranger that came to us one Christmas Eve. My family had always traveled to my Grandfather's house on Xmas Eve to visit and exchange gifts This one year in 1961,the journey was different. Our small town had only one downtown hotel and one bus st... MORE |
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| Gene from Anniston, AL USA says: | See others from this town | 11-06-2009 |
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| I remember as a small boy the excitement of Christmas. We always went down the hill to Granny and PawPaw's on Christmas eve. I remember the vinyl covered dining room chairs around the formica table. I was so excited that I was just worn out. I feel asleep across the seats of two of those chairs.
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| KathiD from Atascadero, CA USA says: | See others from this town | 12-13-2009 |
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| I was one day old on my very first Christmas. Mom and I were treated like royalty (says Mom) by the lovely nuns at the hospital, who even decorated the rooms and made a Yule Log. Dad was home with four children ages 4-11, attempting to make Christmas jolly for all. We stayed in the hospital 5 days (... 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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| 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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| karen from Fairfield, CA USA says: | See others from this town | 11-26-2010 |
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| A long time ago, at the age of 11, it was on Christmas eve, that my brother, one year older, was dying . Not easy, but for me, it was like he was alive because the last words that I recall him ever saying to me , was on that night, and those words were " I love my sister. You makeme smile when I hur... MORE |
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| Betsy from Grass Valley, CA USA says: | See others from this town | 11-16-2009 |
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| We moved into our new home the day before Thanksgiving 2008 and I thought it couldn't get any better but it did. With family and friends and a warm fire it snowed on Christmas day. With 103 windows in this house we all found just the right view. The house gushed of warmth from the fireplace, great s... MORE |
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