One of my favorite Christmas memories is of our children getting up at 6:00 AM and singing to Jerry and me, "We Wish You A Merry Christmas." They thought they were waking us up...but if you can, imagine five excited kids out in the hallway, trying to be quiet! We were awakened by the noise of whisperings, "Shhhh, be quiet. Don't be so noisy, Shhhh! You're going to wake them up!" Then suddenly, they would burst out, altogether, with "We Wish You a Merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy new year!" Jerry and I would pretend to have been sound asleep and being awakened by their beautiful song!
One year, Teddy, our oldest son, just couldn't wait for the other four kids. I don't remember if he tried waking them up... But, Jerry and I were awakened by one voice singing at the top of his lungs, "We wish you a merry Christmas...!" We woke up and looked at the clock...it was about 3:00 AM! I went into the hallway and convinced Teddy that it was still in the night, everyone was still sleeping, and he needed to go back to bed and wait for 6:00 o'clock and the rest of the kids!
6:00 AM came a little sooner that year! But what wonderful memories of Christmas. The most blessed time of the year.
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