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If I win the canvas I promise to give it to JuJu since I am so very blessed to have two Gitz originals in my house already (which I get lots of compliments on, by the way).
I found your blog through "Bring the Rain" and I just fell in love with your "choose joy" sign on the wall!
I actually remember those sweatsuits, I had a pink one with a two red stripes (couldn't afford the third stripe probably. lol)
The most memorable Christmas gift would be a birthday/christmas one (my birthday is on the 16th, so I get a lot of those) that my boys made for me. It was a "tea for one" ceramic pot with a teacup at the bottom. My husband had taken them to a ceramics store where you paint your own. It's just priceless!
My son was an IVF baby. His embryo was transferred to me on Christmas morning 1990. Pretty memorable! He is 17 now.
I do not have a face to see or put inside this frame. I do not have soft cheeks to kiss. I don't yet have a name. You can't yet hold my tiny hands, nor whisper in my ear, It's still too soon to sing a song, or cuddle me so near. But all will change come summertime, that's when they say I'm due. I'll be your special grandchild, I can't wait till I meet you!
5 Christmases later, it still brings tears to my eyes, as he is such a great kid and we are so lucky to have him. :)
My sister (who is 3 years older than me) wanted to be sneaky one Christmas. There were 2 gifts under the tree which were just a like (one for me and one for my sister). My sister just could not wait until Christmas and wanted to open them to see what it was…then and wrap them back up so my parent’s wouldn’t notice. Nice idea, right?
Well, she opened it and found a Polaroid camera (remember those?)! It did not stop there….she then picks up the phone and calls my mom and tells her she wanted a Polaroid camera for Christmas. Can you say BUSTED or just plain dumb??!!
It obviously did not take mom long to realize what just happened! She came home and checked the gifts under the tree!
I cannot remember how much trouble she got us into nor how long it took us to actually receive that gift considering how mad my parents were!
By the way, I LOVE your blog. It's great ...
Debra
We walked around the mall doing some Christmas shopping and there they were. Denim boots! I had never seen anything like them back home and I fell in love with them instantly. :) They seriously were kind of like cowboy boots but made from denim jeans. They had the back pockets on the outside on each boot, LOL. :)
My mom let me try them on but said I did not need them. I was so disappointed, but when my mom said no, I knew it meant no. Grandpa was with us but sat quietly in a chair while I tried them on.
The day went on and we had fun walking through the mall and spending time chatting.
I was so surprised Christmas morning when I opened a gift from my grandparents and it was my denim boots! Grandpa had gone back across town and gotten the denim boots! My parents didn't even know he'd done it! I was so surprised and so happy! :) It meant even more because it was from my Grandpa Berne!
I wish I had still them. :( Sadly I kept them for years and a friend saw them in college and borrowed them and moved and took the boots and I never got them back. :(
I will always remember the joy and surprise of that Christmas morning and the big smile on Grandpa's face when I opened the package!
Merry Christmas!!!!
Candace
a "Betsy Wetsy" doll when I was 8 and an English Racer bike when I was 13.
My favorite Christmases were the years we were raising our 4 children. I loved surprising the kids with what they wanted (within reason) for Christmas.
My most memorable gift was a book!
I got this beautiful hard back copy of Little Women. I must have been maybe in the 6th grade. That was the first year I made a list of books to read in the new year. I've been doing that to one degree or another ever since.
I remember looking at that book and seeing so much potential...seeing someplace I was going to go...new people I was going to meet. It thrilled me to my toes.
side note: i always wanted to be a cashier in real life. weird, huh?
I was madly passionate for a Mrs. Beasley doll form the show Family Affair. I overheard my mother talking to my aunt about how she coudn't find one anywhere. I was so disappointed. Sure enough, no dolls showed up under our tree or in my stocking. and then we went to my Aunt's house, and my eyes were popping out of my head when I saw my cousin holding a Mrs. Beasley! My aunt asked, "Don't you want to see what is under OUR tree, I think there might be something for you?"
She was a constant companion for years, even after my brother wrote on her face with black permanent marker.
What a delightful gift from you! First the opportunity to share great memories, and then a chance to win a personal piece of artwork! Who knew the week BEFORE christmas could be such fun!
.....ok, here is the one gift that comes to mind. When the Harry Potter series came out, I read all the books, my family made fun of me and one year my MIL as a joke gave me a Harry Potter Wallet.
Well the joke was on her, I loved it...especially the shape of it and I carried it for about 2 years. My daughter was so embarrassed everytime I pulled it out of my purse, but I really loved that wallet. I eventually replaced it but I still have that wallet and will not get rid of it.
My MIL spent so much money on expensive gifts at Christmas time, but this one wallet is the one gift she gave me that I have kept and will treasure. My MIL passed away 5 years ago, but the memories of the laughter and fun behind that silly wallet is priceless.
Thanks for the giveaway week...it will be lots of fun getting to see your talanted work!
The most memorable gift that I ever received for Christmas, must be child #7 who was born on Christmas Eve!
I have quick deliveries, and most of the staff at the hospital know me - BUT - on this night there was a new "crew on board", and the sweet little nurse, didn't want to call my doctor when I arrived. Luckily, he is a dear man (and he and his family are dear friends) and we have home and cell numbers, soooooooooo dear husband gave him a call. About 3 minutes after we arrived upstairs, I gave birth (fully dressed I might add) in the birthing room, where said sweet little nurse put me, in order to monitor my progress. I was on top of a lovely comforter (not so lovely afterwards I might add), and sweet little nurse kept saying "STOP - you can't do that...the doctor isn't here!"
Ralph (the doc) showed up after Solomon was "checked,wrapped, and in my arms". He got stuck in Christmas Eve traffic, and was so frantic to get to me, that when he arrived at the hospital...he pulled into the ambulance entrance, jumped out of his car (still running) and came flying up the stairs to the maternity wing. Thank goodness a quick thinking security gaurd moved the car, locked it up, and brought the keys upstairs.
All this took place during the staff Christmas Party (Yum - I got some really good eats that night!), so several of the staff's husbands got to listen in from down the hall,to the "goings ons" in the birthing room. Thank goodness for them, I'm not a screamer during labor and delivery!
Yes my most memorable Christmas gift, was Solomon Rafael, born December 24, 1989
Your canvases would make a great gift.
After my mother died, when I was thirteen, and my father worked three jobs, seven days a week, to pay the bills, gift giving pretty much went away.
The only gift I can remember from my childhood was a model of my boyhood idol, Hopalong Cassidy on his trusty horse Topper. It came with a "Hoppy" dinner plate. I eat dinner off of that plate every night until I left home at 18.
The only family I have left are my five nieces. We adults don't exchange gifts. The best Christmas gift is watching my niece's children open their presents. The gift of joy on a young child's face.
oh, and i also got an engagement ring for christmas about 13 years ago... that was a pretty good one too!
Anyway, to answer the question: My most memorable gift was this dollhouse you made by hand. The pieces were cut out, you just had to glue them all together and you could decorate each room with wallpaper and collect the furniture. I was just a kid, (about 20 years ago...ack) and I still remember it. I think my parents still have it. LOL
The handwriting on that canvas is really neat, I want to be able to do that! Did you just...practice a lot?
My most memorable Christmas present would have to be the hand made doll house my dad made for me.
Carol :)
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I know!!! My mother sent me a carosel. It was a fancy nativity scene that revolved when you lit the candles. I loved that thing. I'd seen one when I was visiting but NEVER thought one would come live at my house. Makes me miss her all the more.
MGM
Angie
I needed to be cool. I really needed to be cool. I didn't know any of the latest songs that were playing on the radio, which had recently been revealed to my whole class...by my best friend.
It was mortifying.
Thankfully, Mom and Dad understood the humiliation and complied.
I got a clock radio that year. I had it many years, always by my bedside. My husband finally convinced me we needed something that didn't look so ancient...so used.
He was right. And it had done its job for me. I can sing ANY song from the 70's.
Just don't ask me about U2. Who's Bono?
jamie
ya know, with the tassles and the white basket with a flower on it.
banana seat...
Oh it was so beautiful!!!
My most memorable gift would have to be the pink and white pillow that mom cross stitched for me when I was probably 8 or 9. It simply says LOVE in the middle. It sits on Lauren's bed and I use it each night to lay my head on while I read books to her.
How fun it is to search back through memories of childhood and realize how much they mean to me today.
Now that I found your blog- it adds #5 that I follow (I'm choosy). But, you have done a fabulous job with it!
knj121287 (at) sbcglobal (dot) net
I probably won't win up there...
It's been one of those weeks, and I'm JUST getting to it now.
btw--most memorable gift was a leather coat, b/c my parents had a small budget, but wanted to buy me a coat (i was beggin for one). They bought me the cheaper, pleather look (but real) one, and I was a big selfish brat. I still feel bad about it.