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Project Discussions:  Christmas giveaway! WINNER POSTED  |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
3749 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
3749 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 18 2025 : 4:21:25 PM
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I would like to offer a Christmas goodie box giveaway here at our Henhouse. You can take the contents and use it for yourself or give parts of it to others you know could use a fun surprise.
If you wish to participate, just leave a special surprise memory you have of the Christmas season so we all can have fun hearing your story. I will choose a winner on December 5th so I can get the box to you to use as you think best. Ho , Ho Ho, Here comes Santa Claus! |
Winnie Nielsen #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Girl of the Year 2014-2015 |
Edited by - Red Tractor Girl on Dec 05 2025 05:51:24 AM |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10826 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10826 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2025 : 4:50:38 PM
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Winnie, what fun to kick off the Christmas season!
A memory I'd like to share is one of my daughters. I think they were around 12 and 10. The eldest loved to draw and she just had a natural gift for it. Her sister on the other was gifted in language. So unbeknownst to us until Christmas morning, they had written and illustrated a short story depicting a hilarious rendition of our family's Christmas morning. I still have it and will always treasure it. I'm a so proud they were able to do that at such a young age. We were rolling with laughter when we read it because they were quite spot on for all of us. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
Edited by - levisgrammy on Nov 18 2025 4:52:02 PM |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
5051 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
5051 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2025 : 8:55:56 PM
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My Christmas memory is one that happened when I was in grade school, but I didn't know ALL the details until I was quite a bit older. My mother told me about this one Christmas when I had come home from college for the holidays.
My mother always did her Christmas shopping early and then hid the presents in the attic and wrapped them Christmas Eve. One Christmas Eve, she opened the box for a metal car garage that she had gotten for one of my brothers. The box was in perfect shape, but the garage was completely dented; it was so dented that she couldn't put it under the tree. But what was she going to do? She always had the exact number of gifts for each of us, and now she was one Santa gift short. She often thought out-of-the-box. She got the Sears Christmas catalog and cut out the picture of the car garage she had purchased. Then she got a Christmas note card she had, pasted the picture of the garage in the card, and wrote a note to my brother and signed it Santa. The note said that Rudolph had stepped on his present and dented it, the elves were making another one, and it would be delivered in 2 days. After Christmas vacation, my brother bragged to everyone at school that Rudolph had stepped on his present and Santa had sent him another one. My mother ordered another one and it arrived in a few days. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10826 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10826 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2025 : 03:32:20 AM
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Linda, what your mom did sounds like something my mom would have done!
I have a Christmas memory that I have yet to live down with my children. My parents lived far away when my kids were growing up so mom always sent her Christmas gifts way ahead of time and I would put them out of sight with ones I would buy so there was no sign of Christmas until Christmas morning. Mom always called Christmas morning to see how the kids liked their gifts and this particular morning no one seemed to have anything from grandma. Well to my dismay her box never came out of the attic. I was embarrassed that I hadn't gotten my parent's gifts under the tree and the kids also knew the hiding place. They still tease me about it when the memory comes up almost each year. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
6194 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
6194 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2025 : 05:35:35 AM
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Winnie,
What a cute idea! These are great fun memories!
I have to think awhile on this!
Hugs
Darlene
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Farmgirl # 4943
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need, and thank him for what he has done.
Philippians 4:6
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
5051 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
5051 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2025 : 4:13:33 PM
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Denise -
Your second story reminds me of one my mother told me about her mother. Her Mom would wrap gifts early and hide them in a closet or under the bed. Because the kids were nosy, she would just write one initial somewhere on the wrapping paper so if they found the gifts they would not know which ones were theirs. On Christmas morning she would hand out the gifts. Sometimes the initial was so well hidden in the paper pattern that she couldn't find it and she would hand the gift to the person she thought it was for. My mother said that there were times that someone would have the gift halfway unwrapped and her mom would pull it away and say "Wait, that isn't yours."
Another story I remember well is from my father's side of the family. We would always go to my Dad's parents house on Christmas Eve and have dinner. Between the dining room where we all ate and the living room where the tree was there was a set of sliding doors. These doors were always partially open during the meal, and the kids were all seated facing the sliding doors. During dinner my grandmother would go back and forth to the kitchen for more food and sometimes my grandfather would go with her to help her. Neither of them was ever gone very long. After dinner, the doors would be opened, and we would see the tree with lots of presents under it; before dinner there were no presents under the tree. They would tell us that Santa had come while we were eating, and none of us had seen him. I found out many years later that during their absences from dinner my gandfather would go out the back door, walk around to the front corner window, and sneak all of the presents under the tree through the open window. We never noticed just how long grandpa was gone from the table because they kept us busy eating and talking.
I have another sneaky Santa trick that I played on my Thai exchange student, but I will save it for later.
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Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10826 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10826 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2025 : 5:55:10 PM
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I do the initial thing now because I usually don't have my tags done until later plus the grandkids come over so this way if they happen upon them they don't know which is which. I also have a hard time seeing the initial but will keep looking till I find it because I know I put it on there.
What a sweet story about dinner at your grandparents house. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
Edited by - levisgrammy on Nov 19 2025 5:56:43 PM |
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
1642 Posts
Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
1642 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2025 : 7:44:43 PM
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| Every year, my oldest and her sister and their two nieces would write a play, then practice it throughout December. They would collect props and then perform for grandma, grandpa, my hubby and I and my sister/brother in-law. And anyone else that was at the house having dinner with us! :) Great memories! This started when the girls were 8, 6, 4, and 2. :) |
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2025 : 08:37:07 AM
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| Winnie, this is wonderful. My mom would always but a initial somewhere on the wrapping paper. I remember one Christmas my younger sister and I were in awe when we got our very first Barbie doll. The very first ones. Another story that brings back wonderful memories..... mom's birthday was on the 21st of December and every year dad would take us all out for dinner and then we would go pick out a Christmas tree at the local tree lot. Bring it home and we all would decorate it and have a birthday cake for mom. |
Hugs,
Laurie
Country girl at heart
"Smile and be yourself everyday."
Sister #8572 6/9/2023
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Audra Rose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Vanessa
Brooksville
KY
USA
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Posted - Nov 23 2025 : 4:42:00 PM
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My family usually spent Christmases at home, but one Christmas we loaded up, 4 kids and my parents, and drove to Park River, North Dakota from Iowa (I think).
On the way the car had to stop at a garage for a quick repair. In the waiting area they had a plate of powder sugared rosettes, and I tried them for the first time. It wasn't until I grew up and bought a set of rosette irons that I learned how to make them myself.
We had a lovely time at my paternal grampa's home. He'd been a widower for many years and lived in town instead of on the farm. While we were there I'm sure we visited my maternal grandparents in Grafton. One of my presents was a vanity type mirror with lights. |
Vanessa
Farmgirl Sister #6754
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
3749 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
3749 Posts |
Posted - Nov 23 2025 : 5:18:04 PM
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| These memories are wonderful! There is much creativity in kids and the love and fun is still in the minds of those who were part of each memory. One memory that sticks out is when our furnace quit working and we woke up to a light snowing and NO HEAT!! Usually we kids had to wait until 7am to come out of our rooms to go see if Santa had come. So my Mom , the good Girl Scout that she was, went down ahead of us and started a nice fire in the living room where the tree was. Meanwhile Daddy called one of the heating men from our church at 7am and asked him what to do. I forget the man's name but he came right over and was able to fix the old oil heater and once again we had heat! We rarely ever had snow on Christmas morning in Charlottesville , so this particular Christmas still stands out as special with snow and no heat!! |
Winnie Nielsen #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Girl of the Year 2014-2015 |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10826 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10826 Posts |
Posted - Nov 28 2025 : 2:16:32 PM
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| Our first Christmas after being married was spent at our first duty station, Hawaii. I was miffed because we wouldn't have snow our first Christmas together. My husband loved the fact we could wear shorts and go to the beach if we wanted on Christmas. We spent it together which was fortunate. He had returned from a run to the north pole for his first trip on a submarine and they landed back in Hawaii on December 15th. Oh the stories he told of the polar bears there. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
6194 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
6194 Posts |
Posted - Nov 28 2025 : 3:36:58 PM
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What fun stories and memories.
Love you all!
Hugs
Darlene |
Farmgirl # 4943
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need, and thank him for what he has done.
Philippians 4:6
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
5051 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
5051 Posts |
Posted - Nov 28 2025 : 4:32:41 PM
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| These are all such good memories. Thanks,everyone, for sharing. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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sweettea59
True Blue Farmgirl
1366 Posts
Sherry
Longview
Texas
USA
1366 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2025 : 09:03:19 AM
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| Love all the stories. Ya'll have me thinking about being a kid, with my three brothers. |
Farmgirl Hugs & May all your Wishes come true.
Sherry
Farmgirl #2215 |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
3749 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
3749 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2025 : 05:50:39 AM
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| Our winner in for the giveaway is Linda Ballard! Linda, i have mailed your stuff and I hope you enjoy however you decide to use the contents! Thank-you everyone for sharing some of your favorite Christmas stories and memories. There were so many different and wonderful tales to tell. |
Winnie Nielsen #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Girl of the Year 2014-2015 |
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2025 : 08:45:06 AM
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| Linda, congrats on the Christmas giveaway. |
Hugs,
Laurie
Country girl at heart
"Smile and be yourself everyday."
Sister #8572 6/9/2023
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10826 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10826 Posts |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
5051 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
5051 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2025 : 1:03:32 PM
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Wow! Thank you so much, Winnie. According to my InformedDelivery email it will be coming on Monday. We will be on our cruise, but it will be the first thing I open when I pick up my mail on Monday the 15th. I can add everything to my “aoftie” fabric Christmas decorations.
Thank you thank you so much. It was fun reading the stories people posted for this giveaway. Doesn’t it bring back memories to everyone when they think about things that happened on their Christmas days long ago.
Hugs and merry Christmas to all! |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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Edited by - quiltee on Dec 05 2025 1:07:52 PM |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
5051 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
5051 Posts |
Posted - Dec 17 2025 : 09:00:48 AM
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I am so sorry to be so late in posting the great stuff that Winnie sent in the Christmas giveaway package. We picked it up Monday at the post office. In it, she had a cute Santa Christmas towel a gingerbread looking ceramic ornament that looks like a snowflake, some great woven coasters, and a quilted pot holder. Winnie, did you make the quilted pot holder in the coasters? They are so cute. Here is a picture of the goodies.
Winnie, this was a super giveaway and I thank you so much for doing this. The dish towel and pot holder add great Christmas chair to my kitchen and I love the coasters. They are on my living room corner table and the ornament is placed where it can be enjoyed for the Christmas holidays. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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