The best Christmas present I ever received 13 Articles

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by Kathryn Lauer Black - M.Ed. SCL

The Best Christmas Gift of All - I had made the difficult choice of "giving up" my career for an indefinite amount of time. I had felt the stress from my job was taking away from my family. I was very tired when I got ...read more

by Carol Gioia

Over the years I have been the appreciative recipient of many wonderful Christmas gifts. The bounty under my Christmas tree has kept me believing in Santa Claus long after my children discarded the notion. There have a...read more

by Fida Abbott

"Life" Present is the Best Christmas Present I ever received. Below is the story I try to write why I say that "Life" Present is the best Christmas present I ever received directly from God. Saturday, early in the mornin...read more

by Emily Joy White

Many great gifts have been given to me over the years. I especially enjoyed the gift of my Bernina sewing machine, something I had longed for. I made maximum use of it and created lovely clothing for lots of people. For ...read more

by Karen Barba

My husband, Jeff, had been out of work for a year. He'd just been hired, but not in time for Christmas. Our heat had been cut off, and we were huddled around a kerosene heater in the dining room. It was late, so the kno...read more

by Gemma Wiseman

Imagine a steamy summer morning, just before Christmas. Imagine a tiny post office crammed with a crocodile queue of restless people waiting to be served. Imagine I was part of that queue. From this unlikely beginning, I w...read more

by Em Dickinson

The best Christmas present I ever received was the one I gave to myself this year. My daughter is in a choir at St. Olaf College and I attended her Christmas Festival live. The St. Olaf Choir is internationally known fo...read more

by PS Gifford

Dear readerPicture a blistering, cold winter day in England in say, oh how about, 1976? Now imagine further if you would be so kind a town, we can call it Erdington, on the outskirts of a much bigger city, you may of heard...read more

by John Hayden

All I want for Christmas is me daddy. The house feels so empty now, just my mum and me Last year dad was here and put up the Christmas tree My mum keeps on telling me he's no good anymore I remember every Christmas ...read more

by S. F. Heron

In December 2004, I was just under a month away from the birth of my daughter. At my very first sonogram visit, my husband nicknamed our baby Bean, because she looked like a bean. I had stopped working right after Thanks...read more

by Kathleen Delicato

MY UNEXPECTED GIFTS It was the first Christmas holiday after my mother had passed away. She died peacefully in her sleep on February 16th, 1996. The previous Christmas we had done something completely different. My moth...read more

by Susie M. Eldred

I have been fortunate enough to receive many wonderful Christmas gifts, over the years. However, one will forever stand out in my memories because of it's true unselfish nature. It is a gift that represents the true meanin...read more

by Erin Kelley

When I was about 16, my soccer star got a chance to go to Europe and play on a team. I was very excited about this, and couldn't wait to hear about all of his exciting stories. We promised to write every week. It was very ...read more