What Are Your Favorite Christmas Memories?

Christmas 2014 at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Cheyenne, Wyoming

Christmas 2015 at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Cheyenne, Wyoming

Christmas 2016

With more than 20 years of ordained ministry, I have many fond memories of liturgical celebrations.  However, I have many good memories of Christmas from a social perspective too, especially as a child.  Every year on Christmas Eve my dad would take us to Chain of Rocks to hang out for a while.  Magically, Santa always arrived at our house while we were gone.

Christmas of 2018 (picture above and below) was spent on the beach in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.  A white sand beach is the best kind of "White Christmas" in my mind.

Our family gathered yesterday to celebrate Christmas.  We went to Mass at St. John XXIII in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Fr. Rocco is a true blessing to God's people in the way he shepherds the flock. We then came home, opened presents, and ate dinner.  Christmas is definitely more active with a one year old in our midst now.

I hope you are able to gather together with loved ones today and make new memories.  Merry Christmas!