Comments on: Ten Simple Reminders Were the Best Gifts This Christmas https://prayerwinechocolate.com/simpleremindersmadethebestchristmasgifts/ a spiritual journey to motherhood & beyond Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Amy https://prayerwinechocolate.com/simpleremindersmadethebestchristmasgifts/#comment-390 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:05:40 +0000 https://www.prayerwinechocolate.com/?p=861#comment-390 In reply to Margaret.

Wow Margaret, thank you so much for sharing! That is exactly what I missed – enjoying the lights on the Christmas tree and listening to music. We keep our tree up until around that time too. Merry Christmas to you and your whole family!

]]> By: Margaret https://prayerwinechocolate.com/simpleremindersmadethebestchristmasgifts/#comment-389 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:51:24 +0000 https://www.prayerwinechocolate.com/?p=861#comment-389 Our sons are all grown and the grandchildren are no longer babies. I so enjoy having them all at our house for a few hours on Christmas Day sharing a meal and opening gifts. We kept it simple this year; one gift for each that they really wanted. I made small “money” bags for $5 worth of quarters to put in their stockings.
We had a real tree for the first time in many many years. I enjoy sitting in the living room with no lights but the Christmas tree lights on listening to Christmas music. I will do that every evening until the tree comes sometime around January 10.
Some of all I enjoy having my husband here with me for one more Christmas. Four years ago just before Christmas we were told he has ALS. We don’t know how many more we will have so it makes each one special.

]]> By: Amy https://prayerwinechocolate.com/simpleremindersmadethebestchristmasgifts/#comment-388 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:05:44 +0000 https://www.prayerwinechocolate.com/?p=861#comment-388 In reply to Annie.

I never heard of that mushroom soup tradition! I hope you had some and I truly hope you had a great Christmas! Thank you so much for reading this post – I know how busy you are!

]]> By: Annie https://prayerwinechocolate.com/simpleremindersmadethebestchristmasgifts/#comment-387 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 14:20:00 +0000 https://www.prayerwinechocolate.com/?p=861#comment-387 Loved reading all these things you shared! We also had a lot of family Christmas parties, and I needed that time to decompress too!

Since we spend Christmas with my husband and his family, I was looking forward to bringing some of my family traditions over … like eating mushroom soup on Christmas Eve (Polish tradition), and a few other things. I like tradition! 🙂

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