Questions For You - What's Your Fondest Holiday Memory From Childhood?

Welcome to the holiday edition of Questions For You. I've been inspired by the home movies my dad recently converted from slides to VHS to digital. Here's our little family in action, set to the classic record, A Merry Mancini Christmas, featuring a solo at the end by yours truly, age 3. I'm so grateful to have these videos. They always bring me happy tears.

Friends, I'd love to know, now that Christmas will soon be here...

What is your fondest holiday memory from childhood?

My answer... aah, it's hard to choose just one. I have sweet memories of my family decorating the tree. I'd search for the perfect branch to place my special Shannon ornament, a brass angel ringing her bell. My dad would lift me high up into the air to place the homemade tinfoil star on top. And on Christmas Eve, we'd make snowballs: ice cream rolled in coconut. At midnight, we'd place a candle in each, sing Silent Night, and make a wish. We still do, to this day.


{Images via The Little Hermitage}