Christmas Memories

Over the next several weeks, we'll be sharing special Christmas memories.  Take a moment to enjoy getting to know the women of Frisco Bible Church. 

Toni Hahn

Every Christmas Eve we would get to open one present ..picked by my mom of course...i was the oldest of 5, so i always helped the little ones open theirs...even though we knew it was going to be our new pajamas for the year, we were still happy and surprised...and of course had to wear them for our starring role in the Big Super 8 movie camera production with the bright lights in your eyes taken by my Dad!! EVERY year without fail , it was a tradition , and now i watch those movies and can't believe how fast time has gone by.

Chris Goller

21 Christmas Eves ago my boyfriend gave me a toaster oven and I laughed. As I was opening that box he was opening another box...a ring box with the most beautiful engagement ring and the question that changed the course of our lives

Summer Sipes

When I was little, we would always go the day after Thanksgiving to cut down our tree! In Virginia, it was cold, sometimes raining, but we rotated who got to pick the tree! This is a tradition that Andy and I still do with our boys, rain or shine, day after Thanksgiving, we drive out to the Christmas Tree farm and do the hayride, hot cider, etc! My favorite modern day tradition is Christmas morning, when the boys come down, we read the Luke 2 and act it out with our little people nativity:) It is special to us that we start out the day with our Savior!! (and the boys look forward to it!)

Traditions are such a special part of our lives.  Do you have a meaningful moment you can share with us?  Email your thoughts to: mcarbi@hotmail.com.

Random and useless Christmas facts:

1. President Teddy Roosevelt, an environmentalist, banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1912
2. Mistletoe (Viscum album) is from the Anglo-Saxon word misteltan, which means “little dung twig” because the plant spreads though bird droppings (Uh, GROSS!).
3. In Poland, spiders or spider webs are common Christmas trees decorations because according to legend, a spider wove a blanket for Baby Jesus. In fact, Polish people consider spiders to be symbols of goodness and prosperity at Christmas.
4. The Germans made the first artificial Christmas trees out of dyed goose feathers
5. According to the Guinness world records, the tallest Christmas tree ever cut was a 221-foot Douglas fir that was displayed in 1950 at the Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington

Fact sources: http://facts.randomhistory.com/christmas-facts.html

Merry Christmas!
Niki