My Christmas rudolph-mook_85 Every Christmas, the night before, (Christmas Eve) we go to my grandfather’s house in Knox, and open the presents from Santa Claus. Santa always comes a day early, and EVERYONE gets presents. I guess Santa’s a little generous. Then, we come home, go to bed, and wake up the next morning. I

Gift of Love Penny I hope whomever reads this feels as blessed as I do. Five and a half years ago I visited Brazil, in the city of Vitoria. We were there to adopt a beautiful little girl we named Mikayla. She was four weeks old and full of life. I felt so blessed and

Washington Family trumpet_17 In my family (which almost all of us are there; grandma, grandpa, aunt and uncles, etc.) , as I have always known it, we actually have the big gift-opening time on Christmas Eve night, after a pleasant little dinner. Then, Christmas morning, my family and I check our stockings, which “Santa” fills

Christmas in Louisiana Robbie Christmas is celebrated in Louisiana very much in the same manner as the rest of the United States, but it includes some customs reminiscent of the state’s French heritage. Among the Cajuns (Louisianians of French-Canadian descent), Santa Claus is known as “Papa Noël” (Father Christmas); he is believed to ride on

Christmas In Tulsa, Oklahoma Mark First of all, I proclaim the celebration of this planet’s Redeemer’s birth to be the primary motive that drives us to enjoy Christmas to the degree we do! Once any of us in ‘this’ household gets off-track of that, we’ve let the festivities of the season over-ride HIM Who Is

Christmas In the United States Staff America is such a large country that there are a variety of different customs and traditions within it. Decorations and celebrations are strongly British oriented, and other communities have settled in America and kept their own festivals as well. Father Christmas became Santa Claus in America and he now

A Warm Florida Christmas Lance101 I grew up in the Northern part of the U.S. and now live in Florida. It is quite warm here during the Christmas season. Fortunately, I grew up with a very strong love for Christmas so my husband and I (and baby-to-be) have created our own holiday traditions. We collect

Christmas in Houston intuitivetrust We don’t get much snow here in Houston, but we do have a lot of spirit. The season starts on Thanksgiving Day. My family and I watch the televised Macy’s parade from New York, and decorate the house. After everyone has eaten their turkey, they go to the Uptown Lighting Festival,

Christmas Joy CheerQT0 Hello. My name is Tess Makayin. Every year we celebrate Christmas and Christmas Eve with family including grandmothers and my grandfather (the other one has passed on) and we have such a good time. On Christmas Eve, we go to church at around 5:00 and then usually go to my aunt’s house

A Salt Lake City Christmas pix_ie_chic In Salt Lake City, Utah, Christmas time is the most special time of the year. On Christmas Eve our family gathers together for a turkey and ham dinner. (Which is always delicious!) After dinner we gather in the family room for our “Christmas Program”. We read the story of