{"id":225,"date":"2011-11-28T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/?p=225"},"modified":"2011-10-31T11:08:58","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T18:08:58","slug":"building-memories-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/building-memories-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Memories &#8211; Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20111128-Post-FeatImg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229\" title=\"Christmas Dickens Village\" src=\"http:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20111128-Post-FeatImg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20111128-Post-FeatImg.jpg 900w, https:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20111128-Post-FeatImg-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20111128-Post-FeatImg-280x125.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>I have great news: You do not need expensive toys to build memories.<\/p>\n<p>I have vivid memories of the smells and sights of the holidays.\u00c2\u00a0 My mom was a great baker.\u00c2\u00a0 The blue lights perfectly placed around our house by dad reflected on the white snow.\u00c2\u00a0 Children performed at church on Christmas Eve and were given a goodie bag.\u00c2\u00a0 We opened our gifts by the fire on Christmas Eve and played games and ate great food on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>Our own children were eager to help put up festive decorations.\u00c2\u00a0 I will never forget the wonder in their eyes as they waited for holidays to arrive; the look of anticipation as they watched us open gifts they crafted for us.\u00c2\u00a0 The memories came even in years we did not have much to spend.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the results of building childhood memories and the outcome of not taking the time to build memories is giving me the energy to build memories as a grandma.\u00c2\u00a0 Five years ago I was quite tired and actually thought about which decorations I could perhaps delete that year.\u00c2\u00a0 That same night, one of my music students said he could hardly wait to see our decorations again.\u00c2\u00a0 He mentioned that our house was his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Christmas\u00e2\u20ac\u009d since he did not have any decorations at his home.\u00c2\u00a0 I regained some of the energy to decorate. 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