The Winner of Rhonda’s prize is BrandiD. Congratulations, Brandi! Now, on to Virginia’s Christmas memory.
My favorite Christmas memory is three-fold. My mom always made plates and plates of Christmas cookies. Sugar cookies and gingerbread men and spritzers with red hots and Russian tea cakes. I have vivid memories of how it covered one end of the dining room table!The other memory is my dad leaving a coconut on the plate we’d leave out for Santa. As kids, we’d leave cookies. And in the morning, we’d see a coconut there! Because Santa has to cross Hawaii to get to our house, you know!! He’d drill a hole in it, drain the coconut milk, and we’d crack it open to have on Christmas day.
Another memory is of my older brother cracking walnuts from the big dish of nuts on the table during the holidays. He would crack them, pull out the nut meat, write a funny note, and carefully glue it back together. We learned to examine the nuts or we’d end up cracking one open and getting a note that said ‘GOTCHA’ instead of a tasty walnut or almond!
Thanks for letting me share those Christmas memories!! Does your family have a funny Christmas tradition?
I’m giving away a copy of my book, Season of Hope. (Amazon link)
The Gift Of Forgiveness
Gavin Sawyer knows he’s in trouble the moment he meets Evie Thorne at the downtown Denver mission where they both volunteer. He’s drawn to the pretty journalist, even though reporters have caused him nothing but heartache in the past. Soon Gavin begins to let his guard down as he sees that this wonderful woman may be someone he can trust with his heart. But when he brings her home to meet his family during the holidays, Evie’s secret past suddenly comes to light. Will their newfound love survive when he learns the truth?
*To be eligible for Virginia’s gifts, you must leave a comment and live within the Continental United States. Winner will be selected using Random.org. The winner will be notified Dec 15 and posted on the sidebar as well.
23 responses to “14th Day of Christmas~Virginia Carmichael”
That is so adorable about the coconut! What wonderful Christmas memories. I hope you and your family have a blessed holiday season, Virginia.
Thank you, and to you, also!
I love the coconut story…
Isn’t that a great way to teach a little geography??
Yay! I won…
HA!!! I love the walnut, gotcha!!! Great memories, Virginia. Thanks for sharing.
I ran into Santa in Safeway this week. Seriously. Grocery shopping. It was difficult NOT to stare. He said, “What are you looking at? Even Santa gets a day off. Mrs. Claus is busy with the elves.”
I felt like a six year old. I was in awe.
We saw one at Walmart getting some gum. It was so funny because my four year old turned bright red and whispered, “Look! Santa chews gum!” I’ so glad Santa wasn’t buying anything really weird…
Where did you live that Santa crossed Hawaii first? (I tracked the geography when I was a kid. I knew this well.)
Walt, I live in the same place I grew up: the Pacific Northwest. (Wandered the world and then came home “just for a few months”. I met my husband and… decided a few more months wouldn’t hurt. And fifteen years and 6 kids later, I’m still sort of thinking we’ll move some year. Anybody going to take bets on that happening? :D)
Thank you for this giveaway. I’ve been wanting to read this book. Please have a merry Christmas!
Good luck, Wilani!
merry Christmas! Season of Hope sounds wonderful.Please enter me in contest.Thank you for the opportunity to win .I enjoy reading your books.
Good luck, Emma, and thanks for the compliment!
My mom would make spritz cookies and would make them in the shape of wreaths decorated with green (leaves) and red (berries). She used a cookie press and it was not electric. Sounds like a great read. Please enter me in the contest!
Exactly the kind of cookies I remember! Now I have my mom’s old cookies press and my kids love using it. I try to keep the dough chilled or the shapes turn our a little weird, but it’s definitely a sign of Christmas when the spritz cookies come out!
I have and love the book but just want to say Merry Christmas and thanks for sharing your memories!
So glad you enjoyed the book and Merry Christmas to you, too, Amanda!
Love the walnut story! Sounds like something one of my brothers would have done had he thought of it (and had he not considered the brunt of our parents’ anger…). We always had walnuts and/or pecans sitting in an old dish with a nutcracker (not the Christmasy decorative kind, LOL) with them. Thanks for sharing the fun memories of your family! 🙂 Merry Christmas and blessings!
You mean those old metal crackers that look like a set of pliers? Those are the ones! It certainly took some muscles to crack the smaller nuts, like the filberts. 😀
I remember the year my dad put sticks and coal under the tree and told everyone they must of been bad. He loved pulling pranks. i wish he was here this year he is now with the Lord Christmas doesn’t seem like Christmas.
Blessings
Diana
joeym11@frontier.com
Bless you, Diana. Christmas is a wonderful holiday but it can come with really mixed feelings for a lot of us who are missing loved ones. Sending you hugs from afar.
Thank you for the chance to win. This sounds like a good book.
Good luck and thanks for stopping by!