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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 486558" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">It's difficult to choose just one. Most years growing up I ended up in the ER with a desperate asthma attack and then all drugged up, not so much fun. But there were still special years. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">One year my dad was out of work on disability and to make ends meet, my mom asked my brother to move home and pay rent, which he did. I will never forget that Christmas, because it was a year where we all thought we'd be lucky to get a nice meal for the holiday, let alone gifts! My brother exploded into the house around midnight Christmas eve with an actual giant hefty sized bag FILLED with all sorts of cool things, toys for my sisters and me, games, puzzles, things for my mom, grandparents and dad. My brother made Christmas that year. I don't even remember what I got - it was more the feeling I remember.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">The following year, money was still pretty tight I guess because we weren't expecting much. I do remember my mom asking me what I wanted MOST and I immediately said, "The Mia doll", which was a doll whose hair grew by pressing a button on her back. She was beautiful and if she was all I got, that would be enough. My sister M had me follow her downstairs to snoop about a week before Christmas and showed me the wrapped present under my mom's bed. She pulled it out and carefully unwrapped the package and it was the doll I wanted!!! OMG, I was so excited. So, Christmas morning came, and I was smiling from ear to ear before I even got to open up my package and mom said, "You KNEW!" and she was upset. But I didn't care, I got my Mia doll and nothing else and that was just fine with me! And difficult child found one on ebay and that was her gift to me last year, how sweet!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">The first year I lived in CT and H (then boyfriend) was still on LI. When we met for Christmas he gave me a small box (yes, a ring!). When I opened it, I gasped and H immediately said, "That ring means NOTHING" - lololol. I said, "Really? It means nothing?" and he said, "Well, it means I love you, but that's it." Okay, okay, H...that ring means more to me than my wedding ring! LOL.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 486558, member: 2211"] [COLOR=#008080][SIZE=2]It's difficult to choose just one. Most years growing up I ended up in the ER with a desperate asthma attack and then all drugged up, not so much fun. But there were still special years. One year my dad was out of work on disability and to make ends meet, my mom asked my brother to move home and pay rent, which he did. I will never forget that Christmas, because it was a year where we all thought we'd be lucky to get a nice meal for the holiday, let alone gifts! My brother exploded into the house around midnight Christmas eve with an actual giant hefty sized bag FILLED with all sorts of cool things, toys for my sisters and me, games, puzzles, things for my mom, grandparents and dad. My brother made Christmas that year. I don't even remember what I got - it was more the feeling I remember. The following year, money was still pretty tight I guess because we weren't expecting much. I do remember my mom asking me what I wanted MOST and I immediately said, "The Mia doll", which was a doll whose hair grew by pressing a button on her back. She was beautiful and if she was all I got, that would be enough. My sister M had me follow her downstairs to snoop about a week before Christmas and showed me the wrapped present under my mom's bed. She pulled it out and carefully unwrapped the package and it was the doll I wanted!!! OMG, I was so excited. So, Christmas morning came, and I was smiling from ear to ear before I even got to open up my package and mom said, "You KNEW!" and she was upset. But I didn't care, I got my Mia doll and nothing else and that was just fine with me! And difficult child found one on ebay and that was her gift to me last year, how sweet! The first year I lived in CT and H (then boyfriend) was still on LI. When we met for Christmas he gave me a small box (yes, a ring!). When I opened it, I gasped and H immediately said, "That ring means NOTHING" - lololol. I said, "Really? It means nothing?" and he said, "Well, it means I love you, but that's it." Okay, okay, H...that ring means more to me than my wedding ring! LOL.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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