Where would your ideal place be to spend Christmas?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (96196)
United States
November 29, 2023 11:03am CST
Well, in a perfect world, my mom would be alive, and with us for Christmas, but I am very happy with who I have here on earth with me. My ideal place would be for everyone to come to my dad’s house for Christmas, but I still enjoy seeing the extended family about 2 and a half hours away in Tulsa. On Christmas Day, unless it is a Sunday (then we gather on Monday), all of those on my dad’s side of the family gather and have a Christmas get together. A few hours later when it is over, my dad, stepmom, and me drive 30 minutes to my sister’s house, and open presents we got each other. It’s always fun to spend one on one time with the children.
*The photo is of a Nativity scene snow globe I have that plays what sounds like an old time choir singing “Silent Night.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84585)
• Rupert, Idaho
29 Nov 23
It looks very nice. And those sound like nice plans for Christmas I think. Mine would be to spend it with all the family like we used to when my great-grandma was alive. Now that I have lost all my grandparents it will be a much smaller Christmas.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84585)
• Rupert, Idaho
29 Nov 23
@AmbiePam I am sorry that you don't have any grandparents left either. Yes, very fresh for me...still in shock even though it's almost been a month
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@xstitcher (33344)
• Petaluma, California
29 Nov 23
Ideally, both my Mom and Dad would be here, and we'd still be in the house on Garfield Drive.
Your snow globe reminded me of a lantern I have that is solar powered. When it gets dark it lights up and shows the Holy family in the glass. I need to figure out where it is.
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@AmbiePam (96196)
• United States
29 Nov 23
@xstitcher Yes, maybe you could even post a picture. 
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@xstitcher (33344)
• Petaluma, California
29 Nov 23
@AmbiePam Yours is very pretty. I really need to go and find mine.
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@Juliaacv (52216)
• Canada
29 Nov 23
I am like you, in a perfect world, my dear ole Dad would still be alive to spend the day with.
And anywhere would be ideal, just to be with him, hear his voice, see his smile, get 'that' look that he always gave to me which meant volumes and hear his big booming laughter. But I have those memories.
Instead anywhere that my family is is exactly where I would love to spend Christmas.
The memories are very recent from the years of the lockdown when we could not gather, hopefully that does not happen again.
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@Marilynda1225 (83805)
• United States
1 Dec 23
I love snow globes and yours is really nice and extra special that it plays Silent Night.
Christmas would be wonderful if those who have passed were still here to enjoy it with us.
Christmas is a happy time for me. Everyone comes here and it's a day of making memories. I wish, though, that I could go back in time to just one Christmas when my kids were little and see the awe when they woke up on Christmas morning knowing Santa had arrived. Those days were magical..
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@LindaOHio (183934)
• United States
29 Nov 23
That's great that you have family to spend the holidays with. I would like to be in the Florida Keys for the holidays...far from the cold and s**w...with my hubby. Love the snow globe. Have a great day.
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@LindaOHio (183934)
• United States
29 Nov 23
@AmbiePam You're welcome. No, it never freezes down there.
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@wolfgirl569 (111998)
• Marion, Ohio
29 Nov 23
I am like you and the perfect would be with the ones back. I am happy when all the kids make it
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@JudyEv (346973)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Nov 23
My ideal Christmas would be to spend it with our two boys. Just the four of us would be fine but I can't see it ever happening. But that's okay. There is always Zoom and we are all good friends. Some families are much worse off than I am.
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