Christmas Past

Christmas History
Christmas is continually re-invented. It seems each generation brings some new element to the celebration of the season. Here we explore the true stories behind the more familiar things of the season:

Christmas Memory Writing Contest
True stories of Christmas past submitted as entries in the Annual My Merry Christmas Christmas Writing Contest. This theme has long been a favorite to readers on MMC and each of these outstanding stories make a great read:

Contest Winners

1st Place The Angel Twin -- Celebrating the tradition of an ornament more than a century old.

2nd Place Ryan's Prayer -- A child becomes the teacher.

3rd Place Old Man Kramer-- He was a grumpy neighbor mistaken for Santa Claus. A story proving that not all is as it first seems.

Other Great Contest Entries
Enter this Year's Contest!

My Best Christmas
This massive collection are true stories from Christmases past submitted to My Merry Christmas and collected over the many years we have been online. Filled with warmth, humor, sadness, grief and ponderous messages, these features are amongst some of the most popular articles on My Merry Christmas:

Have a memory of a favorite Christmas in your past? Submit it here!

Latest Features

The Christmas Dress
The memories of the pesky little sister, the love of an older sibling and the making of the Christmas dress.

My Santa Claus
A tender story of an adult child contemplating the death of a parent. The sweet redemption comes through a near death experience that proved to be a healing Christmas gift.

Visit the archives

The Gift My Brother Couldn't Give

Once Upon a Foggy Christmas

My Little Lie

Somewhere in France

Seeing Christmas Different

A Christmas Past Comes Home

Nothing

Christmas Twice

I Always Felt So Special

Santa Doesn't Always Come by Sleigh

Voices of Elves in the Night

A Christmas When Life Overshadowed Death

Up in Flames

The Big Red Box

His Name is Bud

Of Greatest Worth

No Longer Alone in a Crowd

My Neightbor, My Friend

Korat Christmas

Amanda

Just Like Jesus

A Gift From a Two Year Old

A Christmas Sight

Christmas Collage

My Dog Sam

It's Not the Gift, It's the Wrapping

Holiday Disasters
It might not have seemed funny at the time...but we sure enjoy the memory now. The following true stories chronicle the mishaps of Christmas as they happened:

Share Your Story of Holiday Disaster

That's How You Eat Gravy

How to Fit the Tree in the Car