[Sunny's mom]

My most happiest Christmas was when my brother, sister and myself stayed with granny. We each got a special present, mine was a doll dressed by gran and a cradle made from a shoe box. I loved it and kept it for years. Christmas was never celebrated in our home

 

[GarryW]

Unfortunately Christmas won’t be my favourite time of the year as in the past as it will be the first Christmas in 34 years without my wife who passed away in July from MND ( Motor Neuron Disease)

 

[Suzanne rose]

It has too be when all my kids were young and being woken up by the whole 13 off them.

Then it was watching them all open their presents and oh boy what a mess.

We would have our main meal around 2pm when our guest arrived including sister inlaw and hubby's cousin and their family.

I spent days preparing sides and deserts .

As for the meat it was always akot if bbq meat and fresh seafood consisting of prawns, oysters and crabs.

Then boxing day we would put leftovers in disposable containers and give to the homeless.

My most memorable year was when the tsunami hit and all my kids gathered all their gift money given to them by aunts ect and gave it to me to donate it totalled around $1800

This was when I knew I did a great job raising these beautiful individuals

 

[Littleboy8]

Unfortunately Christmas won’t be my favourite time of the year as in the past as it will be the first Christmas in 34 years without my wife who passed away in July from MND ( Motor Neuron Disease)

So sorry to hear about your wife that’s really sad do you not have any family at all to be with so your not alone.

 

[BeautifulMousey]

I was quiet young I guess, because my Mum was alive, she died when I was 9. Mum Dad and I had opened our presents and they were in the kitchen I was in the lounge room when I took a fancy to a box that presumably had perfume or something in. I took it to the kitchen and asked could I have the box, fathers said no and put it back so I had a tantrum, but went to put it back when father came behind me and smacked my bum for the tantrum ! How rude was that? I have no other memory of anything else that day! It would have been early 1950’s . Mum died 1956 and all I wanted for Christmas after that was my Mum back.

Sleeping with one eye open waiting for Santa to put a pillow full of goodies at the bottom of my bed. I never managed to stay awake to see that happen!!

No I never saw it happen. Maybe cause I only got 1 item at

 

[BeautifulMousey]

It has too be when all my kids were young and being woken up by the whole 13 off them.

Then it was watching them all open their presents and oh boy what a mess.

We would have our main meal around 2pm when our guest arrived including sister inlaw and hubby's cousin and their family.

I spent days preparing sides and deserts .

As for the meat it was always akot if bbq meat and fresh seafood consisting of prawns, oysters and crabs.

Then boxing day we would put leftovers in disposable containers and give to the homeless.

My most memorable year was when the tsunami hit and all my kids gathered all their gift money and gave it to me to donate it totalled around $1800

This was when I knew I did a great job raising these beautiful individuals

Sounds like you did Suzanne Rose. Good on you

 

[BeautifulMousey]

Sounds like you did

Did you have 13 children. I had 9. You did a great job and had really lovely children. I bet you are proud of them. I would
be. But I had lovely children and no reason to complain about them.

 

[BeautifulMousey]

So sorry to hear about your wife that’s really sad do you not have any family at all to be with so your not alone.

Sorry to hear about your wife. She would be sadly missed

 

[Suzanne rose]

Did you have 13 children. I had 9. You did a great job and had really lovely children. I bet you are proud of them. I w
Ould be. But I had lovely children and no reason to complain about them.

I have 8 girls and 5 boys and one hubby.

How many boys / girls do you have

 

[Suzanne rose]

Unfortunately Christmas won’t be my favourite time of the year as in the past as it will be the first Christmas in 34 years without my wife who passed away in July from MND ( Motor Neuron Disease)

I'm so sorry for your loss, maybe do something completely different this year or if you can take a trip ,fishing ect .

 

[BeautifulMousey]

I have 8 girls and 5 boys and one hubby.

How many boys / girls do you have

I had 7 girls and 2 boys. My boys had Cystic Fibrosis so they passed away quite early and a daughter hung herself in July this year.

 

[Suzanne rose]

I had 7 girls and 2 boys. My boys had Cystic Fibrosis so they past away quite early and a daughter hung herself in July this year.

Omg I am so sorry I could not even comprehend what you have gone through. We have had a suicide in our family , a cousin who was more like hubby's brother.
The amount of different emotions are horrible.

If you ever need someone to talk to I'm hear as are alot of caring people on here.
Just private message me

 

[Jendiva]

The most wonderful Christmas for me was when I was 12 years old. We were spending Christmas at my uncles garm and oh, it was hot and dry. Crops were witheringly in the fields and the sunset was orange with dust. We were watching television and there was suddenly a huge flash and cracking boom of thunder followed by driving rain. We made laughing dashes out on the veranda to retrieve presents in danger of soaking, and went to bed listening to the drumming of rain on the tin roof. It was cool and beautiful. When we arose on Christmas day, there were spangles of raindrops all over the garden. Such joy for everyone!

 

[2OldDucks]

Wew were having Christmas dinner with my mum and dad at the Overland Corner hotel / museum where mum was the caretaker. Now my dad, who was a qualified chef, cooked dinner with all the trimmings and it was very good. He did, however, forget to make a dessert. To remedy this, he grabbed a canned Christmas pudding and dropped it, as is, into a saucepan of boiling water for about half an hour. He is now in trouble. He takes the pudding out of the saucepan, puts it in the middle of the table and then pierced the can. The result was immediate. The pudding shot out of the can into the air with great force and firmly attached itself to the ceiling. Dad lost his cool and had no dessert. This was some 30 - 35 years ago and although many people have since lived there and many redecorations have been done if you look carefully, you can still see a faint stain of dad's Christmas pudding.

 

[BeautifulMousey]

Omg I am so sorry I could not even comprehend what you have gone through. We have had a suicide in our family , a cousin who was more like hubby's brother.
The amount of different emotions are horrible.

If you ever need someone to talk to I'm hear as are alot of caring people on here.
Just private message me

I have had a lot of lovely messaged from a lot of people on here and I am very grateful. It is very heartbreaking. I had lunch with her that day and she seemed happy. Wa going to buy mate for her bird on the way home as she said her bird was depressed cause she was laying eggs that never hatched without a male. She did buy that mate on the way home and she texted me to say she bought the mate but said she was scared of him. The female bird was scared of the male. Not my daughter she was ok with this male she bought for her female.Then discussed dinner with me. Asked what I was having the told me what she was cooking the boys for dinner. Her son and her partner. Next morning I got a phone call from another daughter saying. Mum Laura hung herself last night. They revived her but the doctors said they feared she had no brain activity and that they didn't think it was survivable. They had her on life support and a decision was made to donate her organs. Someone donated organs when my son needed new lungs but unfortunately a few weeks later his body rejected the lungs and he died before any more became available. The transplant team told us that her heart had been successfully transplanted as well a her left lung and both her kidneys went to two people who had been on dialysis for years. Anyway I hope those four people get to live a successful life.

 

[Littleboy8]

Wew were having Christmas dinner with my mum and dad at the Overland Corner hotel / museum where mum was the caretaker. Now my dad, who was a qualified chef, cooked dinner with all the trimmings and it was very good. He did, however, forget to make a dessert. To remedy this, he grabbed a canned Christmas pudding and dropped it, as is, into a saucepan of boiling water for about half an hour. He is now in trouble. He takes the pudding out of the saucepan, puts it in the middle of the table and then pierced the can. The result was immediate. The pudding shot out of the can into the air with great force and firmly attached itself to the ceiling. Dad lost his cool and had no dessert. This was some 30 - 35 years ago and although many people have since lived there and many redecorations have been done if you look carefully, you can still see a faint stain of dad's Christmas pudding.

omg these stories are getting funnier by the minute.love it

 

[BeautifulMousey]

Omg I am so sorry I could not even comprehend what you have gone through. We have had a suicide in our family , a cousin who was more like hubby's brother.
The amount of different emotions are horrible.

If you ever need someone to talk to I'm hear as are alot of caring people on here.
Just private message me

Thank you.

I'm so sorry for your loss, maybe do something completely different this year or if you can take a trip ,fishing ect .

Not much chance of that, I don't get out of the house now. But not to worry, I'll have time with my dog Laura gave me, a cat Laura gave me last Christmas who had kittens in August, have kept a white male and my cockatiel. They make me happy.

 

[Drew62]

was the Xmas My Bother Came home from the Army was a huge surprise to Us All

 

[deni67]

"NOT FOR THE COMPETITION"

Iv'e already put mine in but I don't remember any Christmas days until my mother took one of my older brothers and myself from our fathers house to live with her and my wonderful stepfather, plus my other older two brothers that already lived with them.
Every Christmas after that they spoiled us rotten!

 

[BeautifulMousey]

The most wonderful Christmas for me was when I was 12 years old. We were spending Christmas at my uncles garm and oh, it was hot and dry. Crops were witheringly in the fields and the sunset was orange with dust. We were watching television and there was suddenly a huge flash and cracking boom of thunder followed by driving rain. We made laughing dashes out on the veranda to retrieve presents in danger of soaking, and went to bed listening to the drumming of rain on the tin roof. It was cool and beautiful. When we arose on Christmas day, there were spangles of raindrops all over the garden. Such joy for everyone!

Beautiful listening to the rain on a tin roof. Sounds like a bit of fun there.

Wew were having Christmas dinner with my mum and dad at the Overland Corner hotel / museum where mum was the caretaker. Now my dad, who was a qualified chef, cooked dinner with all the trimmings and it was very good. He did, however, forget to make a dessert. To remedy this, he grabbed a canned Christmas pudding and dropped it, as is, into a saucepan of boiling water for about half an hour. He is now in trouble. He takes the pudding out of the saucepan, puts it in the middle of the table and then pierced the can. The result was immediate. The pudding shot out of the can into the air with great force and firmly attached itself to the ceiling. Dad lost his cool and had no dessert. This was some 30 - 35 years ago and although many people have since lived there and many redecorations have been done if you look carefully, you can still see a faint stain of dad's Christmas pudding.

Can just imagine the mess it made. Myself I am known for putting eggs on to cook for a salad and have forgotten them till they have exploded in a dry pot and have made a ruddy mess all over the kitchen. Weren't game to go in there till all the eggs had exploded. But that's me.