As Christmas draws near, Comox Valley residents are getting ready for the festivities. The Record strolled down CourtenayB次元官网网址檚 5th Street to hear peopleB次元官网网址檚 best Christmas memories.
Jayne Fogarty and Peter Smallwood
J: B次元官网网址淲hen I was about 14 or 15, my mom decided after all the years of live Christmas trees, she wanted us to have a fake tree. She didnB次元官网网址檛 want the mess, or any of that. My dad and I were like B次元官网网址淲HAT!B次元官网网址� and we ended up going into our backyard which was a quarter acre in downtown Toronto. There was a blue spruce that he was going to be taking out in the spring anyway. We cut the blue spruce down, so it ended up being a good Christmas because we had this beautiful blue spruce as our Christmas tree.B次元官网网址�
P: B次元官网网址淚n 1968 my parents moved from Scarborough to a little town in eastern Ontario and we moved on Christmas day, in the middle of the night. ItB次元官网网址檚 something that really sticks out in my mind, thatB次元官网网址檚 for sure.B次元官网网址�
J: B次元官网网址淢y sister lived in that town for a brief time. And he and I dated, and then my sister moved from that town. And our parents didnB次元官网网址檛 want to drive us the two hours, I was in Toronto. (So we broke up). But it was our first kiss, our first hand-holding, all that stuff. And we realized we never let go. B次元官网网址�
P: B次元官网网址淲e found each other 46 years later again, and last year was our first Christmas together.B次元官网网址�
Bonny Kane
B次元官网网址�(My daughter) was born Dec. 21, 1980. She was a lovely child, and I got home in time for Christmas. We had a great big Christmas dinner. All the family was there, it was just a really nice family.
B次元官网网址淪he and her family live here with my grandchildren. And probably my great-grandchildren shortly. Mind you thereB次元官网网址檚 only four of us. WeB次元官网网址檙e down from a lot to fourB次元官网网址�. my husband passed away, my mother just passed away, so weB次元官网网址檙e dwindling. The kids gottaB次元官网网址� start having kids soon [breaks out in laughter].B次元官网网址�
Natasha McLean
B次元官网网址淎s a kid, my dad got me one of those Nokia little pink flip-phones and put it under the tree and called it. So when I was like 13 or 14 I remember the phone did the B次元官网网址榙adadadadaB次元官网网址� [think Jurassic Park when the phone is chiming from the dinosaur dung].B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淥ne of my worst Christmas memories would be also, very young, I wanted this blue puffy vest from The Gap. And I opened it and IB次元官网网址檓 like, B次元官网网址極h my gosh! Santa got me this!B次元官网网址� and then my younger brother whoB次元官网网址檚 four years younger, was like B次元官网网址楴o, we got that for you at the mall with dad!B次元官网网址� So my younger brother ruined Santa for me.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淥ne of my favourite Christmas memories would be this upcoming Christmas (too). It will be my sonB次元官网网址檚 second Christmas. And we got the in-laws here (from Ontario) to celebrate.B次元官网网址�
