What are your childhood Christmas memories?

Ah yes so many, but the one stands out. Chilling around the pool the entire day , reading , eating and then finally going to town in the night to watch the town decorations while eating ice cream...
And then the presents!

When I was about 8 I went to buy Christmas presents with my Grandma. I can't really remember much, but the feeling is still inside of me. We bought something for every family member and though the shop closed long ago, I still see a snapshot of that Christmas shopping every time I look at the building. Which is by now an old abandoned, semi-wrecked house. Okay, it was quite abandoned and shack-like then too, but I guess that gave the feeling of it. I can still see the unstable brown wooden gate with its bottom covered in a thick layer of snow, my grandma telling me to go ahead, despite I was a little afraid of the old man who owned the thing. That event had a special atmosphere.

Christmas 2002, When I Got My PS2 And Some Games To Go With It. I Was Really, Really Excited!

I remember asking for an American Girl doll for Christmas one year. I knew that it was a lot of money, but I still wanted it. It just so happened that that year we celebrated Christmas at my grandmother's house. I lost hope. There was no way that Santa knew where I was now. On Christmas morning I woke up and went out to the tree prepared to be disappointed. To my surprise, my American Girl doll was underneath the tree. It was one of my favorite Christmasssssssss.......