12 Days of Christmas

This weeks Flashback Friday prompt;

What was Christmas like at school when you were growing up? Were there parties, programs or other activities? Did students exchange gifts? Did you have a part in a Christmas play? Did teachers decorate their rooms? Was it permissible to refer to the holiday as Christmas? If you attended church, what special things did your church do? Were you or your family involved in any of those programs, cantatas, or activities? Have you ever gone caroling? Did your parents ever host Christmas parties?

My parents used to do Xmas parties, I don't know what stopped them, but I remember being like 5 and seeing all these people and the Christmas Tree, but other than that I don't remember when they stopped or why?

Mom and I have been very active with church and Xmas, I would always be in the Xmas pageant, I was also a part of the Jr. Choir in my old church, so I was always singing something Xmasy when it was Xmas time (sorry for all of the Xmas, but I'm painting my nails and I have one hand done and Christmas is too long to write). The video below is a Xmas song that we did at my old church, I was with in Jr. Choir, so I'm one of the small people below. This was Xmas 2006, so I'm still cute in this video ;)

Our choir also did a Xmas Cantata which was amazing, and I was doing that too, but I think by then I was in the Sr. Choir & Jr. Choir. I've been the star in the Xmas pageant for a couple years running now, which is just amazing :)

My mom & I are actually planning the Xmas pageant and directing it for our church up here in MA this year, which is pretty awesome! I'll have to get a video of the whole thing and upload it :)

My Aunt Nancy was always the one that would do the Xmas party, we would go every Xmas Eve to her place and eat, talk, and catch up with family. Santa would come and we would get one present from Santa and then we would get the rest of the presents from all of the family. It was all very fun :) One year, Bro #1 was sitting on Santa's lap, which was probably cousin Jay that year, and when Santa asked what Bro #1 wanted he replied "I was polar bear legos Santa!" and what did Santa respond? "Sure, you can find that under your tree!!"

My parents and grandparents had no freaking clue what polar bear legos were, and Bro #1 has never said anything about these legos until that night, Xmas Eve! My grandmother and grandfather stopped on the ride home to try and find these polar bear legos, they were no where to be

found! Bro #1 did get them, just a couple weeks late, my parents told him that "Santa left them at the wrong house", Santa decided to leave them at my grandparents house instead of ours, needless to say that was Bro #1, I was never that dumb! I would always ask for a Candy Apple Red Corvette, and yet it never showed up under my tree :(

Cae