ladee
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The sperm donor ruined every Christmas I can remember, and my mom loved it... She would have the most beautiful trees.. one year, she spent months making ornaments out of Styrofoam balls and beads and ribbons.... I have always wondered what happened to them... they were beautiful.... wish there was at least a picture of it somewhere... but I never remember having a stocking....
One year we were having Christmas at my oldest Ugly Sisters house... about 30 people there, I was in my early teens.... all the gifts had been opened and I heard her say,oh look, there's one not opened... and it was for me... I was so excited, it was a good sized box... everyone is watching as I opened it, it was full of switches, small tree branches..... of course everyone was laughing , the look on her face was pure evil... I was so humiliated , started crying and stormed out of the room... of course I was the 'scapegoat' so all I heard was to lighten up, it was just a joke, and other meaningless crap.... I never attended another family Christmas after that....
When my kids were growing up, we had great Christmases... but now they are grown and I don't bother with it at all...I have no feelings attached to this memory any more, but I did for a very long time,,,, just hearing the laughter, and remembering the look on her face.... took me a long long time to get over something so humiliating.... so I always made sure my kids had lots of good surprises tho we didn't have much money, I would never do that to anyone, much less a child.... so ya, think I might get me a stocking this year... for my new home,, start a new tradition... there is a perfume I have wanted for a long time and some earrings I would like to have... so ya, thanks for this thread, tho I had already posted, I decided to put up a stocking for myself this year..... it's never too late to have a happy childhood.... love this thread...
One year we were having Christmas at my oldest Ugly Sisters house... about 30 people there, I was in my early teens.... all the gifts had been opened and I heard her say,oh look, there's one not opened... and it was for me... I was so excited, it was a good sized box... everyone is watching as I opened it, it was full of switches, small tree branches..... of course everyone was laughing , the look on her face was pure evil... I was so humiliated , started crying and stormed out of the room... of course I was the 'scapegoat' so all I heard was to lighten up, it was just a joke, and other meaningless crap.... I never attended another family Christmas after that....
When my kids were growing up, we had great Christmases... but now they are grown and I don't bother with it at all...I have no feelings attached to this memory any more, but I did for a very long time,,,, just hearing the laughter, and remembering the look on her face.... took me a long long time to get over something so humiliating.... so I always made sure my kids had lots of good surprises tho we didn't have much money, I would never do that to anyone, much less a child.... so ya, think I might get me a stocking this year... for my new home,, start a new tradition... there is a perfume I have wanted for a long time and some earrings I would like to have... so ya, thanks for this thread, tho I had already posted, I decided to put up a stocking for myself this year..... it's never too late to have a happy childhood.... love this thread...
