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Holiday quilt by TQS member GloriaH. Share your holiday quilts or holiday photos HERE.

Christmas was magical growing up in my lovely town and in my family. Most years my mother would have some sort of holiday mishap in spite of her valiant efforts to make Christmas special for her children. One year the family cat got in the just decorated tree and made it to the top where tree, cat and decorations came crashing down.

In the following years the tree was always tied to a hook in the ceiling. One year my mother festooned the tree with angel hair which I turned out to be extremely allergic to. I spent the holidays laying on the couch itching and crying. One year our Mom "surprised" us by buying a silver tree with pink shiny ornaments and a color wheel that turned around changing the tree to various unnatural pastel shades - my sister and I both cried for days after which the tree was pitched out the back door never to be seen again.

Then there was the year our older brother Donnie informed us dramatically that we were dupes to believe in Santa who was just a man in a red suit - yes, we cried for days that year, too! In spite of all of the above, Christmas and the family memories it brings remains forever special to me. - Lindsey Croft from Alexandria, VA

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