Do You Have A Magic Holiday Memory?

crizello
Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:11:45 +0000

What a great thread, and it is a treasure reading these memories!

I think one of mine was when I was in my 20s (long time ago), living by myself, just broken up with my boyfriend. I was going to go home for Christmas and it started snowing a few hours before I was supposed to begin the 60 mile trek home. This was in Oregon, so snow was still something of a rarity on Christmas.

I had an old VW bug that had a barely working heater. I loaded up to make the drive, the snow was coming down furiously, and my defroster wasn’t working and the windshield wipers were moving at slow pace. I remember going up I-5 at about 20 miles an hour, hunched down to see out of the few inches of visibility I had on my windshield. The normally 1 hour drive took 3-4 hours and it was dark when I arrived at my parent’s house on Christmas Eve.

I just remember the sense of warmth and joy when I had made it to the safety and comfort of my parent’s house, where I could enjoy Christmas with them and not be alone for the holidays. It was just a little after I made it home that the freeways were pretty much closed down.