Getting Ready for Our First Christmas in Gatlinburg: Memories and Current Sentiments Come Together

The stockings are hung, the tree is up, the lights are shining, and my wife has already wrapped most of the presents. No, she doesn’t mess around.

Christmas for us is no different than many of you who celebrate the holy holiday. It brings out the kid in us, and every year is special, even though it’s not quite as exciting as anticipating the presents that Santa brought us on Christmas morning. In my case, it was sometimes a Christmas Eve event after returning home from my grandparents’ Christmas dinner. When you’re a kid, you believe your parents when they say Santa may have come early…at least I did.