The World Needs More Christmas Stories

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Christmas Stories on Facebookall written by Karen Smith-Will unless noted.

2023, Dec. 10 - The Blue Monstrosity

2023, Oct. 12 - Some Christmas Humor

2022, Dec. 22 - It was a Good Day AKA The Fire 🔥

2022, Nov. - Christmas Tree Lights 🕯️

2021, Dec. 25 - 12 Days of Christmas (vs advent calendar)

2020, Dec. 23 - Merry Chicken Soup with Rice 🎼 (with very special thanks to Carole King)

2019, Dec. 5 - The Christmas Piano 🎹

2018, Dec. 26 - Christmas Leftovers

2018, Dec. 26 - Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

2018, Dec. 24 - Christmas Stocking Haiku

2018, Dec. 9 - Video 📽️ Walkthrough of our Fruit & Veggie Trees

2014, Dec. 20 - Christmas Cooking, It's all in the Cards

2012, Dec. 12 - The Upside-Down Christmas Tree

1987 - Life Savers Storybooks (scroll down to 1987)

Video Story on YouTube 

2024, Dec. 7 - The Grand Illumination at Colonial Williamsburg

Stories on Valutivity:

2024, July (🌲 in July!) - Life Savers Ornaments 

PXL 20231225 173516283PORTRAIT2Guest post, by Barry Scott Will

As Technology Director for our church, Christmas Eve was quite busy. I logged over 8 hours of work that day, and a lot of it was quite stressful. It was not a good day for technology. All this comes on the heels of months spent on "Scrooge," and there are still some cleanup things to do with that production.

Screenshot 20231224 221744Facebook helpfully posted my memories yesterday, taking me back to Christmas Eve-Eve 13 years ago.

Naturally I realize Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, first and foremost. Yet somehow, I also thought Christmas was supposed to involve traditions.

Screenshot 20231226 193812In the spirit of Boxing Day, I offer some pictures of boxes from 2 of my favorite Richmond, Virginia department stores: Miller & Rhoads and Thalhimers. As I locate more through the years, I'll gradually add them to this story.

Screenshot 20231225 0213242You've gotten through the special day. You seen your family and passed out all your gifts. All the food is put away. So what comes next?

PXL 20211216 224018782PORTRAITDecember 16 was a shock to the system for Virginia…breezy enough for the flags to fly fully horizontal, yet warm—in the 70s. Maybe that should have been a premonition that this would be no normal day.

I started the day without an alarm. That clearly is a treat.