An Old Fashioned Christmas

Story ID:	2604
Written by:	Kathleen Blanchfield (bio, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Family Memories
Writers Conference:	$500 2007 Family Memories Writing Project
Location:	Kilkenny Eire Ireland
Year:	1997
Person:	My Husband

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Posted 08/01/2007 14:16 by Gail Lee Martin | Reply

Thanks for sharing. Maybe we should all have a no-power weekend every year or have no-power drills so we would be more prepared when the real thing happens. Your family made a great memory. As ever, Gail

Posted 08/01/2007 16:16 by Nancy J. Kopp | Reply

A wonderful family memory, nicely written as well.
Nancy

Posted 08/03/2007 10:09 by Kathe M. Campbell | Reply

I too can recall a Christmas during one of our frequent mountain snowstorms when we resorted to the fireplace and roasting hotdogs instead of a turkey dinner. It's the one we always remember most, just as you have in your wonderful story. Kathe

Posted 01/27/2008 17:19 by Carol J Garriott | Reply

Splendidly written tale of truly a Christmas to remember! It's poignant that we need something to go wrong for us to realize what we miss, in the midst of an electric, electronic, age--conversation, story-telling, communicating. Isn't it grand that we have OurEcho so we continue the story-telling! Carol