Looking back upon my youth as br the holiday season is near, I can br recall the happiness filled with br excitement as each day approached br br I remember the days when Daddy would br take us out to cut our very own Christmas br tree, and of course, it was the most beautifull br tree of all br br Bringing it home and decorating it with br lights of green, red, blue, mother made hot br chocolate and chocolate chip cookies for the br event, as Daddy was always in his usual place br the kitchen trying feverishly to 'unweb' br last years string of lighting, we had no br stores to run out to get last minute this or that br so we had to make do with what we had like br every other family and Daddy always came through br and the finishing touches were done with tinsel br and of course the star up top to offically indicate br Christmas was now on its way br br Looking from my window at night, looking out br at the street light which was covered br with freshly fallen snow, seeing tiny ice clycles br casting their wintery shadows seemed like tiny br snow fairies doing their snow dance, the trees br were coverd with white snow caps which made br a setting like a winter wonderland that would br stay in my heart forever br br Todays world has become so commercialized br that the beauty has been taken away somehow, I sound br like a very old sentimental fool, but I would not trade br those days of my memories from an era where br family knew how to celebrate Christmas with the br family spirit of togetherness br br br Christmas is that time of year when it br brings you back to the time when happiness br shadowed each and every jingle bell that br we rang filled with much joy and love br br From my heart to yours, this is my Christmas br Carol to each and every one of you......