what was your childhood memories of Christmas's?

[Bobbisox]

mine was when my Dad took a shovel of 'fire' from the grate and put it in the fireplace in my bedroom where the patterns of the fire danced on the ceiling, new PJs, a hot water bottle in my bed (no leccy blankets then) this was on Christmas Eve after I had been out Carol singing with my Church
magical, lovely memories

[Captin Kirk]

My nan getting up about 3 in the morning to start cooking the turkey ... funny how it never seems to need that long to cook now ...

[zzxxee]

parents mostly being as pi55ed as *** to be honest but, at the sametime feeling loved, but when the drink came out arguments starting !!! a mixture of love/hate xmas's

[Captin Kirk]

Dates and figs in the house which were never around any other time ...

[mccfluff]

there are lovely videos of my dad being santa,bless him it was in africa he must of sweltered. those were my early memories but santa was lost to me when i stayed up to see him deliver my stocking and saw my dad starkers deliver it!

[Bobbisox]

Hello CK...yeah right,,,

My Dad was tee total zeee so I suppose I was one of the lucky ones pet

[Captin Kirk]

having the Radio Times AND the TV Times in the house as they didn't have each others listings at that time

[Bobbisox]

errr Fluffs..pmsl
didn't know you lived in Africa?

[Bobbisox]

wow ronandpete...brilliant!

[Bobbisox]

sorry ronpete..;-)

[naomi24]

Christmas Eve - snuggled under the blankets in bed, watching the firelight fom a real fire, listening to the jingle bells in the hallway (dad playing Santa), and desperately trying to go to sleep because I knew 'HE' wouldn't come until I was in the Land of Nod. Happy days.

[mccfluff]

yep i've moved around a lot, it was a really funny xmas when we all got together and dad asked when we all realised when santa didn;t exist, lol

[Bobbisox]

Naomi you are so right, the tingle you felt then was lovely x

[Bobbisox]

was that SA fluff?

[naomi24]

I wouldn't mind Bobbi, we didn't get much for Christmas - but wasn't it just magical?

[DrFilth]

every year as a kid we would go and see father christmas
every year he would ask me what i wanted
every year i would ask for a train set
every year i got loads of presents and money

never had a train set , don't think the old white haired bustard liked me :)

[mccfluff]

not really morocco, zaire and kenya

[Bobbisox]

awww Dr F I am sure he did, you are lovely ;-)

yes Naomi, probs just the walking doll but it was as you say, magical

[mccfluff]

although it was the belgian congo when we were there, pretty much why we had to leave

[Bobbisox]

did your Dad work there Fluff?
I remember the Congo crisis