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Advent calendar of Christmas Memories: 11 December 2011: Christmas traditions from Bavaria in Queensland

12 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did your immigrant ancestors have holiday traditions from their native country which they retained or perhaps abandoned? I’ve already spoken about my Melvin and McCorkindale ancestors and … More Advent calendar of Christmas Memories: 11 December 2011: Christmas traditions from Bavaria in Queensland

Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 8th December – Christmas Cookies or Biscuits

8 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did your family or ancestors make Christmas biscuits (cookies)? How did you help? Did you have a favourite biscuit? I think that the Christmas biscuit treat that … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 8th December – Christmas Cookies or Biscuits

Advent Calendar of Memories 2011: 7th December – Holiday parties

7 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did your family throw a holiday party each year? Do you remember attending any holiday parties? My family have never been party people so no, we didn’t … More Advent Calendar of Memories 2011: 7th December – Holiday parties

Advent calendar of memories 2011: 5th December – Outdoor decorations

5 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did people in your neighbourhood decorate with lights? Did some people really go “all out” when decorating? Any stories involving your ancestors and decorations? I don’t recall … More Advent calendar of memories 2011: 5th December – Outdoor decorations

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History: Week 49: Historic national event

5 December, 2011

The topic for Week 49 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Historical Events. Describe a memorable national historical event from your childhood. How old were you and how did you process this event? How did it affect your family? My first thoughts turned to large-scale events then … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History: Week 49: Historic national event

Advent calendar of Christmas memories 2011: 4th December: Christmas Cards

4 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did your family send cards? Did your family display the ones they received? Do you still send Christmas cards? Do you have any cards from your ancestors? … More Advent calendar of Christmas memories 2011: 4th December: Christmas Cards

Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 3rd December – Christmas tree ornaments

3 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did your family have heirloom or cherished ornaments? Did you ever string popcorn or cranberries? Did your family or ancestors make Christmas ornaments? We did have some … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 3rd December – Christmas tree ornaments

Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 2nd December: Holiday Foods

2 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Holiday Foods: Did your family or ancestors serve traditional dishes for the holidays? Was there one dish that was unusual? I think our Christmas holiday foods were … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 2nd December: Holiday Foods

Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 1st December: The Christmas Tree

1 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did you have a real tree or was it artificial? How big was the tree? Who decorated the tree? What types of Christmas trees did your ancestors … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 1st December: The Christmas Tree