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A few years ago, me, my wife and the kids left home to celebrate Christmas with my dad, who was already very sick the time. It was a three hour drive, and after about one hour, we got a call from my stepmom, to let us know that my dad’s condition got worse, and he had to got to the hospital. No visitors allowed, due to the risks for him. The kids got quite hungry already in the meantime, so we divided to grab a bite before turning around and heading back home. So we went to the nearest thing that was op (on Christmas Eve!), which happened to be a KFC. Walking in there, we were the only customers, and the people working there were utterly surprised to see any customers at all. We saw how puzzled they were, and explained briefly what happened. 
They felt sorry for us, and decided to make it special! They treated us (and especially the kids) like royalties! And we had a great Christmas Eve after all, one that will be remembered for many more years!!
My dad died a few months later, but he did have a good laugh at our evening!

@tipu curate 

Definitely bringing in a tree and decorating it must be one of them and possibly for second eating a lot of great food while watching Christmas movies all day.

A holiday in the village where we had gone fishing and hunting. I was 16 at that time. We often go in groups. The laugher in the process of the activities was where the entire joy was

Good morning everyone, i can look back to those days when i was stil a child i was always praying for school to close so that I can go for holidays, then I have many Aunties and Uncles, despite  been a child I was the one making choice of which of them to visit for holidays  knowing how well each  of them treat me. My Aunty to be specific my mummy's elder sister that lives in Umuahia took good care of me anytime I went to her place for holidays. She took me out with her children to Mr bigs every weekend till the time I will return back to my parents sometimes I don't feel like going back to my house due to the weekend merriment infact this is a memorable experience to remember. We place our order on ice cream, meat pies, cakes and what have you. Remembering them now makes me smile good memories 

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Actually, I would simply say that the best Christmas moments are the ones when you sit together with your family, eat and drink and talk and laugh about everything. It sounds simple, but I really appreciate it now.

My favorite childhood memory related to the Christmas holidays is the arrival of Santa Claus in the early morning of December 25. The day before, the 24th, the whole family would get together. One year we did it at home and the other years we did it at our uncles' house. We drank soft drinks, ate sweets, and cakes and almost at midnight we all had dinner at a big table. When it was midnight, my parents told us that we should go to bed because Santa had already left the North Pole with the presents and would not deliver the cuddles if the children were awake. Well, with that motivation, the tiredness of having played all day and having eaten abundantly, I fell like a log. When the sun peeked its first rays, I would get up and check under my bed and, if there was nothing there, I would run for the Christmas tree. Those were the places where Santa would leave the presents for me: under the bed or on the tree. What wonderful days, I miss them so much, they were days of much love together with my parents.

Happy Holidays!

>El recuerdo favorito de mi infancia y que está relacionado con estas fiestas navideñas es la llegada de Santa Claus en la madrugada del 25 de diciembre. El día anterior, el 24, se reunía toda la familia. Un año lo hacíamos en casa y él los otros en casa de los tíos. Bebíamos refrescos, comíamos golosinas, tortas y casi a la media noche todos cenábamos en una gran mesa. Cuando ya era pasada la medianoche, mis padres nos decían que debíamos ir a la cama porque Santa ya había partido del polo norte con los regalos y que no entregaría los mimos si había niños despiertos. Bueno, con esa motivación, el cansancio de haber jugado todo el día y de comer de forma abundante, yo caía como un tronco. Cuando el sol asomaba sus primeros rayos, me levantaba y revisaba debajo de mi cama y, si no había nada, corría para el árbol de Navidad. Esos eran los sitios en que Santa me dejaba los regalos: debajo de la cama o en el árbol. Qué días más maravillosos, los extraño mucho, eran días de mucho amor junto con mis padres.
¡Felices fiestas!

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I'm just 23 years old. So my childhood memories are still fresh. I remember 2011 when my grandparents were still alive. At midnight we went to our friends and family's homes to congratulate them for the arrival of the new year. We shared desserts, music, dances, and a lot of fun! After that we want to the park. There was music in the street and we danced and adults bought some beer and I ate pop corn and played with my friends and ran around almost all night. We went back late at night really tired but happy for the upcoming dates. We kept celebrating until January 6th, when I went back to school again. I had toys, and new clothes and chocolates and other accessories. I have many other memories in my mind, but I think this is the most picturesque, because my family were together. We were a big family. Nowadays we are only 4.

My favorite holiday memory from childhood is decorating the Christmas tree with my family. We would unpack the ornaments, each with its own story, and hang them while listening to holiday music. The excitement of waiting for Santa and the joy of opening presents on Christmas morning added to the magic of the season. Those moments of togetherness and laughter are ones I cherish the most. 

There's a tradition we have in our family, and that is every christmas we will travel from the city to the village,  with my other cousins and nephews coming down to the village and the whole family house was filled, all the boys sleep in one room and the girls all in one room,  our parent all have their rooms, then in the morning, we wake up to different chores while my mom and other women do the cooking in our big kitchen.

Then we all seat to breakfast  in our big dining, talking, laughing  and after wards we play some games..

The most memorable one was the last christmas we had with our grand-ma, that christmas  on the 25th, we all dress in our best christmas cloths then it was time for a family photo, all the children, grand children and great-grand children, took photos mama before grand ma with her children.....

Little did we know that would be the last time we would celebrate christmas with our grand ma, by mid of the following year she passed.

I will always cherish that particular christmas...it was really memorable...thankyou @ecency for taking me back in time to unravel this memories...

#ecency #adventcalender #day15

There has been so many of my childhood memories but most memorable one is the pattern and consistency by which my family used to make sure we traveled to our village every December yearly. 

Getting to my village as a child, our grandmother of blessed memory will prepare a particular meal for our arrival then subsequently my father's senior sister will take us to her farmland very far away to join her to harvest her yams from her farm land, we keep carrying basins of yams many times to her yam barn, she will return another day  tieing the yams in the ban for forward usage 
and another year's planting. 

Thank you 

One of my favorite memories was when I was a student and we were supposed to have a class on December 26th right after Christmas day. My friends organized a party and hung out for a whole night. So, when we went to the class all together right after the party. The professor let us go home earlier, and later on the exam, he gave an extra score just because we didn't skip the class that day. But you should know that it was super hard to keep my eyes open and keep the focus on the lecture....

>What is your favorite holiday memory from childhood?

I remember Christmas 2.0 after December 25th, in January my grandparents would come in from out of state.  They would bring a trunk-load of presents for the children and the parents.  We got to open an entire second load of presents!

!BBH

Here's my entry for the Ecency Day 15 contest:

My favorite holiday memory from childhood is of Christmas Eve at my grandparents' house. I must have been around 8 or 9 years old.

Every year, my siblings and I would spend Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa's. We'd help decorate the tree, make holiday cookies, and listen to Grandma read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' by the fireplace.

But the highlight of the evening was always the midnight trip to the living room to see if Santa had arrived. Grandma would make hot chocolate, and we'd sit by the tree, sipping our drinks and admiring the presents.

One year, I remember being so excited that I couldn't sleep. I kept sneaking downstairs to see if Santa had come. Finally, around midnight, I crept downstairs and saw that the room was filled with presents! I couldn't believe it!

I ran upstairs and woke up my siblings, and we all rushed downstairs together. It was pure magic. We spent the rest of the night opening presents, playing games, and enjoying each other's company.

That's a holiday memory that I'll always treasure. Even though I'm grown now, I still feel that same sense of wonder and excitement during the holiday season.

I think I have already answered something for [Day 3](https://ecency.com/hive-125125/@ecency/day-3-advent-calendar-2024) in [this comment](https://ecency.com/hive-125125/@ecency/day-3-advent-calendar-2024#@okarun/re-ecency-2024123t82723283z) and it would be the same answer for this question this time as I was still a child (well, a teenager) when my nephews were born.

I would write again but I'm just gonna say that the best holiday memory I have from childhood is from when my nephews were born. In the comment linked above you'll read some details ☺️

I have a lot of favorite childhood memories for holidays, but for the sake of this, I would choose one. 
 
I can't remember exactly how old I was then, maybe around six years old; my dad took my siblings and me to an amusement park for the first time. 
 
I and my siblings were so excited when we got there. There were a lot of rides, but since we were kids, the only ride my dad permitted us to ride was the bumper car. I had so much fun and was excited because I was also able to experience things I used to watch in the movies.

I remember how excited I was when we got back home, and I gisted my mom and aunt about the whole the that happened at the park