My Childhood Memories of Christmas

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Christmas was always a big event in our family. We always spent Christmas Eve with my father's family and Christmas Day with my mom's. There was always a lot of food and many gifts, but for the first four or five years of my life, I had no clue what we were celebrating. I really don't think I cared too much, being a young child caught up in all the excitement. And I had something to call it. Christmas. That's all I really needed until I stumbled upon a Christmas special on television entitled A Charlie Brown Christmas. I must have been four or five years old at the time, I can't remember for sure, but I don't think I had started kindergarten yet. But I know I was curled up in a Sesame Street sleeping bag in front of our old television set, one of the small older models instead of the giant entertainment centers like we have now. Anyway, back to Charlie Brown. Towards the end of the program, Linus, one of Charlie Brown's friends, makes a speech about the true meaning of Christmas. He talks about how Christmas isn't about who has the biggest tree or who wins first place in the ligh...

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