Favorite Christmas Things.....

I have finally decided on one favorite Christmas Song...
Happy Christmas-John Lennon

This has allowed me to move onto my favorite Christmas candy:
Peanut Brittle-homemade

And my favorite Christmas memory: I actually have two...

Seeing the Christmas Boats for the first time. I had never seen anything so beautiful. I had less than a year clean, so everything was seen through different eyes. I was standing on the Willamette River Bank with the love of my life. The ships came strolling by; I was so overwhelmed by their beauty and the fact that I was clean, that I just stood there and cried. Tears of gratitude just kept pouring out of me while the boats drifted by. It was so dark and the boats were all lit up with Christmas music coming from them, and to me it was purely magical. I will always remember that night.

My second favorite Christmas memory was the birth of my grandaughter. As I stood holding my daughters hand, counting from 1 to 10 as she pushed, I looked up at her dad and our eyes locked and it was just the three of us in that room for a brief moment; myself, my daugher and her dad. Time stood still briefly. Then one final push, and out came a beautiful baby girl. We all looked at the clock and realized it was still Christmas night. It was an overwhelming and life changing moment. The cry of the baby brought us all back to reality and time started moving again. But that brief stoppage of time, with all three of us in that room while this beautiful child was born is a memory I will carry forever.

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