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What about your first gift at Christmas?
Message de lethidee posté le 24-11-2005 à 20:16:00 (S | E | F | I)
Hello everybody
In just one month, everywhere in the world we'll celebrate Christmas and it's really the great occasion to receive, specially the children, some gifts but do you remember your very first gift and who offered this specially one ?
Mine was a book with colored drawings about a condensed of"The Miserables" "Les Misérables" written by Victor Hugo and I remembered about a drawing of the Cosette's doll in the middle of this book. It was a great moment of emotion and I was 8 years old. I received this book from my parents.
It's a good memory for me.
See you
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Edité par traviskidd le 27-11-2005 06:03
We know this work only by its French name.
Message de lethidee posté le 24-11-2005 à 20:16:00 (S | E | F | I)
Hello everybody
In just one month, everywhere in the world we'll celebrate Christmas and it's really the great occasion to receive, specially the children, some gifts but do you remember your very first gift and who offered this specially one ?
Mine was a book with colored drawings about a condensed of
It's a good memory for me.
See you
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Edité par traviskidd le 27-11-2005 06:03
We know this work only by its French name.
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de eliabel, postée le 25-11-2005 à 18:37:31 (S | E)
I don't remember what
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Edité par lucile83 le 26-11-2005 08:29
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de to-be-free, postée le 25-11-2005 à 20:41:45 (S | E)
Hi lethidee
I live in Besançon where this famous writer you told us about was born in 1802. His own house is still kept as a museum as well as the city cultural heritage. Opposite to the city hall, there is a big statue dedicated to this emblematic figure. So as you can see, as a dweller I couldn’t claim to any better gift than visiting this house.
See you
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Edité par lucile83 le 26-11-2005 08:32
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de lethidee, postée le 25-11-2005 à 21:20:11 (S | E)
Hello
Thank you for your invitation Tobefree. I forgot that Victor Hugo was born at Besancon and it's funny but I have had the chance to travel very far from France but I don't know this town.
See you
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de to-be-free, postée le 25-11-2005 à 22:04:23 (S | E)
hello again
Might I add that my town is one of the oldest roman cities? It’s always well-protected by monument of Citadelle. The roman style is still then kept in even current official buildings. And there is a museum of time "Musée du temps”.
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Edité par lucile83 le 26-11-2005 08:38
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de lethidee, postée le 30-11-2005 à 07:05:36 (S | E)
Hello
Have you begun to decorate your home for Christmas and think
See you
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Edité par lucile83 le 30-11-2005 07:14
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de flyingtom, postée le 30-11-2005 à 09:49:15 (S | E)
I have started to think about it... but every year, the same question remains... which gift for who ?
I used to think about original presents for my friends and my parents... but this year... I stump !
Especially for my girlfriend... and the clock is turning around
A ring ? A necklace ? A book ? I actually don't know...
It would be done at the very last moment as ever
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de jean31, postée le 30-11-2005 à 10:20:05 (S | E)
Hello everybody,
Once upon a time ... Oh, sorry, I meant a long time ago, when I was about six, I remember receiving an orange for Christmas.
It may sound somewhat strange to you, younger people, but I can assure you an orange was quite a gift in those days. They used to be wrapped in tissue paper and unwrapping it was already a gift.
Then, what a colour, what a smell, what a taste at last ! It was a real feast and, still to this day, I am inevitably taken back many years whenever I see and smell oranges.
I wish you all lots of happy memories and a very merry Christmas.
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de whynot95, postée le 30-11-2005 à 11:58:05 (S | E)
I think Jean31 and I are the same age because I also used to receive an orange for Xmas when I was young. Now I eat 2 or 3 oranges a day!
I always love them!
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de trolleuse, postée le 30-11-2005 à 13:57:19 (S | E)
I can't remember my very first gift but I have a very nice memory.
When I was 10 I was crazy of a doll which could speak,cry,...When,that 24th December, I ran to see my presents under the Christmas tree, I only found a very little box, as big as a match box... I was so disappointed that I hardly wanted to open it. But when I finally decided to, I found 2 batteries...for my new doll...
That's really a great memory
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Edité par lucile83 le 30-11-2005 15:32
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de trolleuse, postée le 30-11-2005 à 14:10:05 (S | E)
and I 'm also used to get oranges but for St Nicholas day
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de lethidee, postée le 01-12-2005 à 07:06:38 (S | E)
Hello
When I was young, I remember that my grandparents told to me that if children were kind they would receive oranges but if they were not, they would be punished and receive coal.
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de woodyrun, postée le 05-12-2005 à 10:18:45 (S | E)
Hello !
I can't remember my very first Xmas gift, but what I can still vividly remember is the smell of the mandarins we were given at the Xmas school party when we were kids. All the children of all the village schools were gathered in the city hall. The mandarin was wrapped in a soft golden tissue paper and put in a crystal paper bag together with a bar of milk chocolate and a delicious sweet roll. While we were unwrapping the mandarin, we were shown a Xmas film, the very same film, year after year, but it didn't matter at all : the magic of Xmas was already there ! I can tell you, the smell of these mandarins will always be on my mind as a very very very lovely Xmas gift !
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de lethidee, postée le 05-12-2005 à 18:47:08 (S | E)
Hello woodryrun
Christmas is really an universal event of emotion and fraternity.
It's so magical to watch all these illuminations at home and outside, in the streets, on the front of houses and to have the possibility of sharing these rare moments of peace and best wishes for all people living with us everywhere in the world !
I remember also these scents of mandarin
See you
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Edité par lucile83 le 06-12-2005 07:48
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de lethidee, postée le 07-12-2005 à 07:06:49 (S | E)
Hello everybody
Have you written to Santa Claus to ask for your gifts ?
See you
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Edité par lucile83 le 07-12-2005 07:37
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de lethidee, postée le 21-12-2005 à 07:31:41 (S | E)
Hello everybody
Christmas'Eve is coming and I'm waiting for Santa Claus as every year.
I hope that he'll offer me a lot of courage and happiness all along 2006, a job and
Merry Christmas
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Edité par lucile83 le 21-12-2005 07:50
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de traviskidd, postée le 21-12-2005 à 17:55:09 (S | E)
Since Santa Claus is a man, shouldn't he be called San Claus or Santo Claus?
Réponse: What about your first gift at Christmas? de lethidee, postée le 21-12-2005 à 19:06:56 (S | E)
Hello Travis
I hope so much that Santa Claus were
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Edité par lucile83 le 22-12-2005 07:31
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