tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post3276231894507282839..comments2024-03-13T08:42:35.689-04:00Comments on Stuff & Nonsense: A Favorite Christmas Memory from author Carrie Fancett Pagels & a Giveaway!Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-34303885367014409932013-12-18T13:03:03.984-05:002013-12-18T13:03:03.984-05:00Melanie, you are the winner, congrats!!!Melanie, you are the winner, congrats!!!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-68301447378864259872013-12-16T03:38:57.723-05:002013-12-16T03:38:57.723-05:00Hi Linda, I agree. Time spent with family is the b...Hi Linda, I agree. Time spent with family is the best! In fact, the reason I ended up being absent from blogging this weekend is just that! Spent some precious time with family celebrating Christmas early, and wishing my oldest niece a fond farewell as she embarks on a career in the US Air Force!!! Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-36497600357208414162013-12-16T03:36:52.762-05:002013-12-16T03:36:52.762-05:00Awwww Maxie, That is so sweet! Your sister sounds ...Awwww Maxie, That is so sweet! Your sister sounds like a real gem. Times were tough for folks during the war but you know, I think our society has lost something that you had during that generation. Now it seems everyone is out for how much they can get and how fast. I LOVE your memories of time spent with family making paper chains and popping popcorn! Thank you so much for sharing that with us. Many wishes for a Merry Christmas, Maxie!Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-68907542948818972682013-12-16T03:33:21.459-05:002013-12-16T03:33:21.459-05:00WoW, Bonnie! That is awesome :) You really do have...WoW, Bonnie! That is awesome :) You really do have a fantastic Christmas story to tell. And wasn't that sweet of the doctor to let your grandma know you were born. I hope you have a Happy Birthday AND a Merry Christmas!Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-530599523925192612013-12-16T03:30:42.459-05:002013-12-16T03:30:42.459-05:00Melanie, I remember doing the same thing when I wa...Melanie, I remember doing the same thing when I was little! I used to make hand-milled soaps but haven't in years. They are my favorites. So glad you came by. Have a great week!Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-13734362587860048452013-12-15T22:02:04.815-05:002013-12-15T22:02:04.815-05:00Popping in before bedtime here... absolutely lovel...Popping in before bedtime here... absolutely lovely post !<br>Memories, powerful is the memory of being with my moms family including my great grandmother Kells each year before she died, she was a funny wise woman for sure. But I love the time we all spent together.<br>Linda Finn<br>faithfulacresbooks@gmail.com<br>Faithful Acres Books<br>http://www.faithfulacresbooks.wordpress.com<br>Linda Marie Finnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05149437557897266898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-85734272349884036402013-12-15T20:53:05.995-05:002013-12-15T20:53:05.995-05:00MAXIE, that is SO sweet about your sis! My mom wa...MAXIE, that is SO sweet about your sis! My mom was the eldest girl and when she got a job she bought little presents for her sisters. I remember her commenting about that and I think it kinda made her sad in a way. I dk if that was because there wasn't anyone doing that for her or not. Oh you had a CHRISTMAS baby how wonderful!!! Big hugs!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-59521463535927439572013-12-15T20:51:18.709-05:002013-12-15T20:51:18.709-05:00Bonnie, that is wild! What a scare for your paren...Bonnie, that is wild! What a scare for your parents!!! Oh, what a GIFT for your gps!!!! I'm so glad for the gift of a grandparent's memory yes! Hugs!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-14556106833015094932013-12-15T20:50:24.306-05:002013-12-15T20:50:24.306-05:00I think they have an app for that nowadays which i...I think they have an app for that nowadays which is so funny! Our weathermen didn't do that up in Michigan (that I know of!) but I've lived places where they did. Blessings!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-2967713708295527262013-12-14T08:42:34.400-05:002013-12-14T08:42:34.400-05:00HEY Y'ALL - I'm off to do some shopping bu...HEY Y'ALL - I'm off to do some shopping but will check in later. Love all the comments and sharing of memories!!!Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-90999004395713464722013-12-14T03:58:54.130-05:002013-12-14T03:58:54.130-05:00Hello Anne and Carrie. I love reading all of the c...Hello Anne and Carrie. I love reading all of the comments, but must read slow for time sure passes fast while I read. i ccaaaan't remember mush when I was under 6. I know we always had to wait un til Christmas morning to open gifts. Was never much so didn't take long, but we were always happy. I do remember one house we lived in out in the country. We got excited when daddy would go cut us a tree. Had to lock the front door and put our tree there. So we used the back door. We kids all made paper ornaments to put on our tree. Including a long paper chain. Mother would pop corn and we would put thread thru them and make a chain for our tree. We were so proud when it was finished. Then the family would play board games. I don't have much memory of gifts until I was about 9 or so. We had moved to Houston,Tx. during WW ll so daddy could work at the shipyard. One of my oder sisters had gotten a job and bought me a little girl doll that fit in a little metal suitcase with a place to hang clothes in the other side. She had made some clothes and hung them inside. Of course it was from Santa. The first gift I really remember and I was real excited. And, of course the year I had a baby girl about 1pm on a Christmas Day. I have enjoyed this conversation. <br>Maxie mac262(at)me(dot)commaudemaxine@gmail.co,http://www.blogger.com/profile/11612461543816484090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-46814691948691918832013-12-13T22:52:10.821-05:002013-12-13T22:52:10.821-05:00Hi, Carrie, & Anne!What a touching post, Carri...Hi, Carrie, & Anne!<br><br>What a touching post, Carrie! <br><br>My most memorable Christmas day was one of which I wasn't even aware - the one on which I was born, at home! I'm sure it was my mother's most memorable Christmas, also! The country roads, in the area, were slick & hazardous - when my father risked his life, to drive to find the doctor (I don't know why the phone wasn't used - perhaps, it wasn't working, or there was none. My mother doesn't remember.). My father couldn't locate my mother's doctor, ended up leaving a message for him, at a hotel - where the doctor, frequently, stopped - & managed to reach another doctor. My mother's doctor arrived, just as I was being born. On his way home, he stopped by my grandmother's house, greeting her: "good afternoon, grandma"! I was the first grandchild on my mother's side of the family, I'm sure my grandmother thought the reason my parents hadn't shown up for Christmas dinner, was due to the bad weather.<br><br>Carrie, I'm so happy that you have wonderful memories, of your great-grandmother, connected with scents of soap & a rocker, & that you were able to re-live those memories, again, in the writing of "your story for "A Cup of Christmas Cheer" (isn't God good to us?)! Reading the story behind "your" story, makes me, even, more anxious to read "A Cup of Christmas Cheer"! I don't remember my great-grandparents, but have wonderful memories of all 4 of my grandparents!<br><br>bonnieroof60(at)yahoo(dot)com<br><br>bontonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02852536941656729576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-18548126368115342412013-12-13T21:50:53.597-05:002013-12-13T21:50:53.597-05:00I loved reading your story. I always stayed up to ...I loved reading your story. I always stayed up to watch the weather on Christmas because the weatherman would always track Santa so I could always see where he was before I went to bed. What wonderful memories! I love homemade soaps. They are always so fragrant and feel so good.<br><br>mauback55 at gmail dot comMelanie Backushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727406782355039525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-88916875740912961242013-12-13T20:43:04.008-05:002013-12-13T20:43:04.008-05:00I meant smell the perfume, NOT the bottle :-)I meant smell the perfume, NOT the bottle :-)Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-31254554647629152632013-12-13T20:42:29.413-05:002013-12-13T20:42:29.413-05:00Carrie, I will have to order some! I didn't kn...Carrie, I will have to order some! I didn't know you could still buy it. My Granny's bottle was so beautiful and she would let me smell it every time I visited :)Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-20516629014632291632013-12-13T20:14:59.832-05:002013-12-13T20:14:59.832-05:00Merry Christmas to you, too, Amy! What is your fa...Merry Christmas to you, too, Amy! What is your fave Christmas memory? Happy Christmas!!!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-63926988162873409992013-12-13T17:04:56.684-05:002013-12-13T17:04:56.684-05:00You both are very dear to me. Merry Christmas and ...You both are very dear to me. Merry Christmas and I am thankful for His gift of joy. KathleenLane Hill Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12952459499802207852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-63821178066910253922013-12-13T15:47:14.244-05:002013-12-13T15:47:14.244-05:00Kathleen, What beautiful memories! Thanks so much...Kathleen, What beautiful memories! Thanks so much for sharing! That was very touching! Hugs and Merry Christmas!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-35301672504751741012013-12-13T15:44:54.079-05:002013-12-13T15:44:54.079-05:00That is SO sweet, LeAnn!!! My kids are going to s...That is SO sweet, LeAnn!!! My kids are going to see their grandparents this Christmas--that is my gift to them. Thanks so much for sharing about Grandma Honey!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-43064125360636888452013-12-13T15:42:59.009-05:002013-12-13T15:42:59.009-05:00ROBYN, I WEAR Evening in PAris still!!! I have a b...ROBYN, I WEAR Evening in PAris still!!! I have a bottle I ordered because my Great-Aunt used to wear it and she gave us some when we were little girls. My dad was funny and didn't like that perfume and said it smelled like French ladies of the night. Then my mom asked him how he would know, lol, and that was the end of that conversation!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-19049360136549333322013-12-13T14:15:12.505-05:002013-12-13T14:15:12.505-05:00Anne, a touching story. It is great that you have...Anne, a touching story. It is great that you have a scent memory. It seems like I have memories triggered by a scent, but I can't put my finger on it right now. I do know that it is a powerful thing. Please have a very happy Christmas season.Amy Burzesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603247185748005749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-57408905246075289112013-12-13T13:43:41.993-05:002013-12-13T13:43:41.993-05:00Kathleen, Your memories bring tears to my eyes! Go...Kathleen, Your memories bring tears to my eyes! God is so good to us in every way. I know our Christmases will never be the same but we can rejoice in our memories! Love to you, sweet, sweet friend in Christ, for a blessed Christmas!Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-44355169165682826512013-12-13T13:38:09.966-05:002013-12-13T13:38:09.966-05:00My mother died when I was five, a month before my ...My mother died when I was five, a month before my sixth birthday. I have no memory of her. She was 41 and died following a surgery. I visited from out of state with my grandmother an afternoon when I was 17. I am glad she was able to see me again. One precious memory I have is of that same summer visiting a childhood classmate. We were walking in their entry hall laughing. An elderly grandmother was in the other room and said, "Sally's here." An older sister of my friend told her, "No, Mother, Sally died." Her response: "I hear her laughter." Isn't that so beautiful what the Lord did for me! When I read Psalm 139 for the first time, all of my questions were answered. The Lord had been with me all of the time and I had not been alone. How precious this Psalm is to me, and Psalm 119:111, Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.<br>I have two Christmas memories that stand out. When I was eleven, my stepsister and her family had arrived in the night to our home from out of state. I woke her, I am sure early, in the morning to show her the beautiful short-sleeved turquoise sweater with pearl buttons and my first yellow-haired doll from Santa (arriving via their packages I surmised when I was older).<br>The second one is such a Christmas miracle. On Christmas morning, as my daughter and I sat quietly looking at the lights on our tree, our mailman knocked on our door and delivered a package from my parents. Christmas of juicy fruit gum, tootsie roll pops and mittens, and certainly a coloring book and crayons ~ will always be a wonderful memory to me.<br>I would love to have the scented soaps!! Merry Christmas and many blessings, Carrie and Anne. Kathleen ~ Lane Hill House<br>lanehillhouse[at]centurylink[dot]netLane Hill Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12952459499802207852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-43591630065070115572013-12-13T13:22:03.539-05:002013-12-13T13:22:03.539-05:00Not being able to get around sure makes me think a...Not being able to get around sure makes me think about all the shut-ins! Next year, I am doing some heavy duty visiting/ministering and bringing some cheer into someone's life!Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847882215674685241.post-15611297894863351712013-12-13T13:08:35.982-05:002013-12-13T13:08:35.982-05:00Lynn, It sounds like you had wonderful Christmases...Lynn, It sounds like you had wonderful Christmases growing up! Being surrounded by family is all the gift I ever want :) Thanks for being such a faithful follower and coming by today. I wish you a very Merry Christmas!Anne Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326796364748948854noreply@blogger.com