FS Feedback: What is your most memorable Christmas? (and a give-away)
Let’s start something new!
"FS Feedback" is a new series at Filipina Soul to give our readers (that’s you) a chance to voice their thoughts on a particular topic or issue. To spearhead this series, I’m giving away a Christmas bonus!
A random drawing will give you a chance to win your choice of a $20 gift card to Amazon or Paypal account, or an equivalent amount in Philippine peso of your choice of Phone cards.
So, our first Filipina Soul Feedback question:
What was your most memorable Christmas celebration?
We love to hear from you!
As to the contest, make sure you read the rules after the cut.
- Enter your choice in the comments below. You MUST provide an appropriate answer to be eligible for the drawing.
- You can enter as many times as you want, BUT your comments must not be repeats! I will delete repeated comments.
- It’s open to residents of the US, Canada and the Philippines only.
- Contest ends 11:59 midnight EST on December 19, 2008 (Sunday).
- One (1) winner will be randomly chosen and announced via blog and email the week after.
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113 Comments
when i got my 1st sewing machine when i was13.
My most memorable Christmas celebration was the Christmas that I spent with my best friend and her family about 20 years ago.
I think it was when me and my sister got matching fake fur white coats. Oh boy did we think we were cute!!
The last Christmas with the entire family before we moved 2000 miles away.
i bought a big bag of bud and smoked my brains out in the woods with my cousin before going to dinner
My kids first christmas is most memorable for me.
When I was in the 7th grade, I asked that every gift that I received be in the color purple, which was my favorite color at the time. My relatives came through, and I had so much purple stuff that it looked like Barney had exploded in our livingroom.
If I win, I’d like the Amazon gift card, please.
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My most memorable Christmas (other than my 1st one with my husband, which obviously was very special) has to be last year… we added a new member to our family in the form of a son-in-law!
Three years ago we decided that instead of the usual Christmas we would spend Christmas in New York. It was just magical. It was awe inspiring to be at the Rockefeller center and walk down 5th avenue. Even St. Patricks Cathedral. It was busling and just beautiful. We are hoping to do it again soon. If I get to win, I would choose the Amazon card.
Mine was our pre-christmas trip to NYC, where i got engaged
The most memorable christmas for me would be the one spent in florida…it was a nice getaway
My most memorable Christmas was when I had about 25 guests and most were from different places in the world. We had Egyptians, Somalians, Lebanese, Vietnamese, American, Canadian, Scottish……oh we had a grand time! Even though not everyone celebrated Christmas per sayk, it was a splendid day!
The first Christmas after my parents divorce. It was just my mother, my sister and I in a new, smaller home in town — having moved from the country to be closer to Mother’s job. We were not exactly full of good cheer for the coming holiday.
About a week before Christmas we were decorating the living room when one of us chanced to go outside for something. And it was snowing like crazy — a rarity in Alabama. We opened up the curtains so we could watch the snow fall, fixed some hot chocolate and finished decorating with a lot more Christmas spirit than we had felt before the snow began.
My most memorable Christmas as a kid was getting a fancy party dress for my first dance and also getting an electirc train set!!
Being with my mom and dad.
when my husband proposed to me on christmas day
My most memorable was the year my oldest son was 3 years old and it was the first Christmas that he understood about Santa. He was so excited, that we couldn’t help but too get so excited too.
Thanks so much for this giveaway.
My brother and sister had been estranged for years, but the year before my Dad died, they reconciled and our whole families had Christmas together, it meant the world to my Dad.
My most memorable Christmas was when my son came home on leave from the military. We didn’t think he would be able to be with us but he showed up when we were in church and sat down in the pew with us. Wow! Military moms will understand the overwhelming feeling.
one of my best Christmas celebrations was when I had to work…we all went crazy at work trying to forget we had to work!
Going to see Les Miserables on Christmas night! It was an amazing show, the music was great, and walking around downtown to the snow fallin and the pretty christmas lights was so much fun!
Thanks!
being with family and friends
eating homemade lumpia with my family. i live far away from them now, and really miss that tradition.
The year Rubik’s Cube came out lol… great memories there.
My memory would be when I was a child maybe 8 yrs of age watching our aluminum Christmas tree with the old color wheel that shinned on it while listening to a Christmas album by Elvis and 1 by Jack Benny. skyxsky27(at)gmail.com
the year my late MOM decided to have an old fashioned CHRISTMAS she made us all long dresses and cooked an old fashioned feeast it was so much fun i miss her
The last Christmas that my mother was alive
it was the 1st year after my dad retired from the US military. he decided that the family will live in the Philippines. It was a family renuion where I saw relatives after a very long time and some relatives I met for the very 1st time ever.
Being with my father who passed away 10 years ago. Thank you for this great contest and prize!
When I got my puppy when I was one !!!
Just love being with family
The year I got my dog
being with family
I think this Christams will be the most memorable ever because my son is finally old enough to be truly into the magic of it all. He is SO excited, it is wonderful!
Ever year on Christmas Eve my family gets together and exchanges gifts. I really look forward to this time as I get to see my brother and sister. Thank you
My most memorable Christmas was 37 years ago right after the birth of my first child.
Age 12, getting my first electronic keyboard
when I got a scooter
My most memorable Christmas was the one when I was a little girl. We got back from my grandparents house and there was this huge Barbie house set up in the living room. I was excited and very happy.
Paypal, please.
the last one my gramother was still alive
The year my daughter and I volunteered at Ronald McDonald House in New York City creating holiday crafts with the children and their families, it brought the true meaning of christmas to our hearts and gave us a lesson in sharing and faith that neither one of us will ever forget
when i got my computer, last year.
when i got my xbox 360 i was 12
when i got my ipod, only one year ago.
I remember the Christmas 10 years ago when we celebrate The Nightmare Before Christmas by combining Halloween and Christmas together. Please accept my entry. Thank you.
Going to Christmas parties as a kid and looking for presents, haha
After my grandmother’s cat Mocha passed away, my family decided to buy her a new kitten for christmas. It was hard to keep it a secret as there was a meowing box with airholes underneath the christmas tree.
My most memorable christmas celebration was last year when I got together with my boyfriend and his whole family and had a huge dinner.
My memory is getting a 10 speed bike on my 10th birthday. It was bright yellow with a brown seat. Best Christmas ever.
The best Christmas memory I have is waking up at my grandparents’ house when I was little and seeing Santa came. You see, I was afraid that he would not know that we spent the night with them and would not know to come there. Well, I woke to find the neatest doll house! Christmas was great that year and my belief if Santa was strong:)
All of them
The year I got an engagement ring
The most memorable christmas was the year I got my unicorn bicycle
This year is going to be
My first Christmas with my husband, we went sledding!
When I was younger Me and all the other grand children would always go to my grandmother’s before Christmas.For Christmas we made goodies. We always made her mint chocolate cookies yum:)The best thing was my grandma would do crafts with us.For Christmas one year we all made this pretty center piece.Good memories!! This wasn’t to long ago either.:)
I loved Christmas with the family when I was younger..Me and my brothers and sisters always woke up so early on Christmas..we would always have to wait at the top of the stairs. Then my parents took pictures of us.We would always have Christmas breakfast first:) Then on Christmas we opened stockings first then presents.
Last christmas,with my boyfriend and his family-
on christmas me and my boyfriend spent at his parents. We always get to open a present on Christmas eve and its always new christmas pjs my favorite:) We usually watch christmas movies too.
Then in the morning we eat breakfast and then open our presents.:)
Would without a doubt going sailing in the Carribean with my family.
New addition to my family.Our son
Being a child and spending 4 days with my cousins who were more like sisters. Eating Italian cookies for breakfast.All the Christmas wrapping paper matching because it was what my aunt used to wrap her homemade candy that she had a businness for.
I was 17, almost 18 years old. I had decided that church was for suckers. To repay me, my foster family drove me to the nearest city (where I didn’t know anyone) and simply dropped me off with a backpack.
Christmas was coming, and I was alone.
I managed through on my own until Christmas Eve, sleeping under bridges, in bus stations, on random couches of people who didn’t mind a random teenager crashing there. December 24th rolled around, and the day was bitterly cold. I spent much of the day hiding in a bus terminal, trying to keep warm. I had a pair of gloves, I had a scarf. I had somehow lost my socks, and I remember clearly how cold my toes were in my shoes.
The sky clouded over, and I overheard people saying, “It’s going to be a white Christmas, this year.” Afraid for my sockless feet, I asked around and found out where the nearest youth shelter was. I headed there on foot, and arrived right around dinner time.
They let me in with a smile. They served me a good, hot meal. They had a Christmas tree, and a small stereo playing cheerful carols that could barely be heard over the sound of too many noisy, well fed street kids. And when I asked to be allowed to sleep there tonight, they had a bed available. I was safe, for the night.
I woke up in the morning and glanced out the window; it had snowed, and it had snowed a lot. My childhood delight of a white Christmas had been obliterated by my fear of being too cold for too long. I could smell hot cider coming from the kitchen. I got up, put my shoes back onto bare feet, and went out to greet the day.
To my surprise, there were presents under the tree that morning! Stockings thumbtacked to the walls! A breakfast of pancakes and eggs and bacon, hot cider, hot chocolate, and coffee! I nearly broke down and cried from joy.
I ate my fill. The staff at the shelter allowed all of us homeless, family-less kids to open presents and pick a stocking from the wall. I got candy, trail mix, a bottle of water. I got ponytail ties and a couple barrettes for my hair. I was gifted with scented lotion and a stick of deodorant and, miraculously, two new pairs of socks. Then the impractical gifts appeared; a hair dryer, and a large stuffed bunny that looked like it should have arrived on Easter, not Christmas.
I thanked the people at the shelter and made off with my gifts into the snow, clean socks on my feet and a smile on my face. The hair dryer was bartered away that day for another hot meal, but for some reason, I kept the bunny. Eight Christmases later, the big yellow bunny still greets me on Christmas morning to remind me that there are good people in the world, and to never ever take anything for granted.
When I got my dog
My most memorable Christmas was due to the loneliness I felt of being alone. I was 19, the rest of my family was in Florida for vacation and I missed spending it with them!
My memory would be when I made sugar cookies for Christmas.
My most memorable Christmas celebration was when both my mom and dad shared Christmas morning with me.
whin i was 9 we had no money we was relly poor and mom was a single mom and varry sick so i got a sassafras tree tree from the woods and mad paper ornmets for tree and a paper chane ..I didn’t beleve that santa was comeing becoues poor people was not on his list..But relly hoped that this year was difrt …It was I wock too fined to presint under the tree..a littel teal pers and par of socks for my mom..a lockel cherech did it for us in 1992. i losed my mom in july of 1993.i was the best christmas i had in a long time just the 2of us ….my best memory was on my moms face…
The Christmas of 98, when we got 8 gift vouchers from “robin hood”. To this day, I do not know who did it! But it is my favorite memory of Christmas.
I never used to enjoy christmas. since I have been married the last 6 years have been special. We now have 10 kids alltogether and 11 grandchildren. Please enter me, thank you
WE WENT ON A HORSE DRAWN SLEIGH RIDE A COUPLE YEARS AGO…I FROZE
A family reunion when my parents were still alive.
we went to disney world one year and it was magical….
Every Christmas since I married my husband, he makes it so special for me and the kids – always remembering my families traditions
My most memorable Christmas would be the year when I turned 18. I was not expecting anything for Christmas that year, as my parents didn’t have a lot of money, and I had 2 younger brothers they needed to buy for. So I had prepared myself to get up that morning to nothing, you know no gifts for me. But, to my surprise my parents had saved to get me a new leather jacket, which had been on my Christmas list for 2 years. It was the best Christmas, because of the surprise gift.
It was when I was 10 and I got a Nintendo NES System. It was so exciting and I never imagined my parents wold buy that for me.
2006 when almost the whole family was together
My most memorable Christmas was one of the years my husband was in the Army–and I invited all the men in his platoon that were married and their wives to our house for Christmas–I had to make the biggest turkey I coulld find.
When I was 6 and I got a Baby Alive doll.
I love doing the white elephant gift exchange
When I got my Michael Jackson am/fm radio.
In 2004 my first daughter was born on December 19th. That holiday was very magical for me. Becoming a mother was the most amazing experience of my life. Watching her and seeing the beauty of the holidays through a mother’s eyes is something I will never forget.
My favourite was the Christmas right after my son’s birth. He was my little miracle and he will continue to make each and every one my best.
We don’t have much money this year to spend on presents but this is his two year Christmas – and the one he will start remembering and the one I think will be the first one he can start to appreciate so this Christmas may just be my best one.
when i got a colecovision when i was 8
The year my sisters and I each got 3 ft dolls.
Five years ago my mother in law was terminally ill so it was her last Christmas before she passed. We lived out of town and were happy to see her for the last time.
The year my sister rented a cabin in Lake Tahoe and her family and my family spent christmas there. Big fireplace, lots of snow, lots of laughing and just some very good family time. My sons still talk about the christmas even now.
I was about 5, and I wanted a toy kitchen. The ones being sold were not up to my father’s standards, so he made me a child size refrigerator, stove and sink. They lasted for years!
I got a scooter as a present
the christmas of 2003 the last christmas before my oldest daughter passed away.it is the only one i can remember the best and i cling to that memory..holidays will never be the same again
Every Christmas that we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is memorable and joy filled.
So much happened the first year I was married. We celebrated our first Christmas in a foreign country (tropical) with a new baby. That has to be the most memorable.
1999. My whole family was here… from all over the country because of the millenium celebration. So, because everyone was together and I wouldn’t get that to happen again, I planned my wedding in two weeks. My husband and I were married the day after Christmas and it was beautiful. The only thing I forgot was music and that turned out okay…. my family all hummed here comes the bride.
I forgot to tell you that I’d prefer the $20. Amazon gift card.
I was 23 years old and had $14 in the bank. I was so in love, that I spent $13 on an alligator belt for him!
Three years ago when my son first learned to stand at our holiday party
In 2007 when I was able to come home the day after Christmas on R&R from Iraq. It was a day late but a wonderful Christmas!
When I was 10 and got my Baby Alive. She was a gross but great doll.
My best Christmas celebration was spending Christmas Eve every year at church with my family and doing our Christmas play. A celebration that was year after year,
Last year I had a good experience with my Girl Scout troop as we enjoyed learning how other countries celebrated Christmas. We had a little Christmas fair.
My most memorable xmas has to be 40 yrs ago when I was 7 when my dad was sick and out of work and money was tight. So my mom said that we would all give each other something from the heart and by hand. You think as kids we would think something like this would suck but we knew how hard our folks tried to make ends meet so we tried not to give them any trouble. We all has a great time making our homemade gifts with paint and glitter and the gifts from the heart was time promised to each other to do extra chores. It turned ot to be a fun Christmas after all so much so that to this day we still gift each other promises of the heart.
it was the christmas my husband came home from Vietnam – I will never forget it!!!
My memory would be when I was a child maybe 8 yrs of age watching our aluminum Christmas tree
with the old color wheel that shinned on it while listening to a Christmas album by Elvis and 1 by Jack Benny. skyxsky27(at)gmail.com
My most memorable Christmas celebration was in 1999. We went from Toronto to Orlando, FL in a camper.. took a day or two & arrived on Christmas eve.
My favorite memory is when I was a kid and my parents made me go to all my neighbors houses getting clues until i found my new bike! It was soo much fun!
My most memorable Christmas was from when I was a child. We would go skidooing on Christmas eve and then come home and have hot chocolate and eggnog. Christmas day we would open our presents and our cousins would come over and we would play all day and also do some more skidooing!
every year we adopt a family.
it makes us realize how fortunate we are.
My most memorable Christmas was the year I got a hand made She Ra costume and accessories. I know that sounds funny but I really do still remember it to this day!
Lee
Our daughter’s first Christmas.
When I got my engagement ring.
the last big christmas gathering with the entire family together. we haven’t had one in a while and i miss it.
last yr, when the family was all together and my dad was still alive…we found out around father’s day that he had cancer, he died 9-11, he was 65…we did not know that 2007 was his last Christmas with us
My most memorable Christmas celebration was spending Christmas in Hong Kong.
“being kind is much more important than being right..for sometimes what a person needs is not a brilliant mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens…ü
Ilang araw na lamang, Pasko na! I hope everybody will have a joyful christmas and a prosperous new year! HAPPY HOLIDAY BLOGGERS!
As i read all comments published and posted here, my heart is moving in joy and gladness. Trying to remember those feelings and experiences showed how meaningful is christmas to everyone. GUYS, you really rock! Amazing different stories of people..
My most memorable chistmas was when i was a kid. All my relatives were in one place to celebrate noche buena, i still cant forget the puto,bibingka and inihaw na isda with mainit na pagkaing Pinoy. We sang together and it was really a memorable time of my life.