Christmas is about giving. Christmas is about connecting with family. Christmas is about celebration. All true, but Christmas is really about the stories.
It's about the time when you and Dad plotted to surprise Mom with your presence when you were supposed to have stayed at college because there was no extra money that year.
It's about when you ransacked those two drawers in the dining room buffet for the folders and folders and folders of family snapshots (that were always going to be put in albums one day) in order to create collages for each family member.
It's about FB getting the archery set and trying it out in the upstairs bedroom hallway.
It's about the thrill of diving into your Christmas stocking, even though you are18 and ought to be more composed.
It's about Mom finding the lost presents in the back of her closet in February.
It's about watching Bessie denying she was a grown German Shepherd as she did her imitation of a puppy by attacking the discarded gift wrappings.
It's about Dad giving Mom the first gold bracelet instead of the toaster he swore she needed.
It's about Christmas on a stick.
It's about Tim and the Bird Ball.
It's about the blue spruce as the town tree.
It's about board game competitions.
It's about the sisters' annual Christmas Eve midnight runs to Nichols.
The best gifts you get during this holiday season are memories shared; the best gifts you give are new memories created.
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