(the) last Christmas
Christmas Past
Christmas morning breakfast
smell of country ham that Daddy cooked
the biscuits
"Barry...can you go get Anna?"
"Where's the tape?"
going to the Tilley family reunion Christmas Eve
Anna's envelopes with money
riding around looking at lights
midnight Mass at Duke
Snoopy and the Red Baron
the girls handing out presents
"Can I open just one present before I go to bed?"
"Mama...where did you hide the chocolate fudge?"
"Wrap Nikki's birthday present and DON'T USE CHRISTMAS PAPER! ! !"
"Joni's in labor! ! !"
decorating the tree...that was my job
"Doug! ! ! Come quick...Santa left a pinball machine on the carport! ! !"
"How is Santa gonna get into our house? We don't have a chimney."
"Santa doesn't have time to wrap presents."
Mariah Carey's Christmas album blaring and us singing
setting the table with the Christmas linens, china & accessories
sausage balls
piles and piles of presents
Daddy & Doug's presents never fit inside the house
"The Stockings" - 3 feet long and packed every year laying under the tree, she gave them to each of us to keep last year
stopping by Mandy and Howard's (aunt & uncle); their white tree and glamourous house
the St. Bernard next door eating the whole ham
the ornaments
last Christmas, sitting with Mama drinking a glass of wine with the lights out and watching the Christmas tree lights...trying to soak it all in and remember everything to the last detail...
"Mama...is that Rudolph?"
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