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What's Your Christmas Story?

From the lens Christmas in Dairyland - Stories from Wisconsin.

  • anthropos Jan 20, 2009 @ 7:09 pm | delete
    I find your story interesting, but as a person who loves the warm weather here in Florida, I can't imagine my living in the snow again.
  • The_Party_Animal Jan 1, 2009 @ 10:58 am | delete
    Yahoo you are a winner in The Squidoo Home for The Holidays Lens Contest So Go Grab your badge.
  • RuralRoute2 Dec 19, 2008 @ 8:03 pm | in reply to purplelady | delete
    Carol:

    Wow! We live just 30 minutes north of Eau Claire (in Colfax). And my husband Randy works in Eau Claire.

    LeAnn
  • purplelady Dec 19, 2008 @ 10:04 am | delete
    Having lived in Nebraska most of my life and moving to California in 2001, I can honestly say that I am glad that snowy scene was from your backyard and not mine.
    But it is beautiful. Great lens and I love the tie-in with Christmas.

    My daughter and her husband live in Platteville, WI (Check out their new natural foods store, the Driftless Market-- http://www.driftlessmarket ) Also, my granddaughter is in her second year of college in Eau Claire; so you can see that I have a special attraction to your Wisconsin and I loved your rural cookbook.

    5 stars and a lens roll for a great job with this lens.
  • d-artist Dec 4, 2008 @ 6:28 pm | delete
    Very nice lens and story! living in Wisconsin has been a beautiful experience for a snowy Christmas...that said, after Christmas I wish it would disappear...just too cold for too long...Wisconsin is a beautiful State and reminds me a great deal of Germany...5*
  • sandyspider Dec 1, 2008 @ 8:44 pm | delete
    From one Wisconsinite to another...very nice lens! What great story.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Nov 30, 2008 @ 2:59 pm | delete
    I grew up in rural Minnesota. The Christmas's I remember as a child are a lot different than the Christmas's my kids will tell their children about. I've kept some traditions alive, I still make lefse and rossettes, but so many of the traditions have slid by the wayside. One of them was lutefisk on Christmas eve. I can't say I'm sorry to see that tradition fade away....
    Great lens
    Lizzy
  • Spook Nov 29, 2008 @ 4:11 am | delete
    Beautiful lens and beautiful pictures.
  • susannaduffy Nov 27, 2008 @ 8:31 am | delete
    What a charming lens! It's so difficult to imagine such cold. Snow is esoteric enough in itself but to have to dig out a tractor is beyond belief. By the way, we sang that song as children 'I am so glad each Christmas Eve, The night of Jesus' birth' but in English, and a long way from Wisconsin and even further away from Norway. 5* for a delightful read and added to my Christmas collection (christmas-at-squidoo)
  • Mortira Nov 27, 2008 @ 12:51 am | delete
    When I think of Christmas, I think of great old-fashioned traditions. It's important to keep these things alive. Thanks for sharing! * * * * *
  • Cari_Kay Nov 25, 2008 @ 4:49 pm | delete
    We used to have a yard that looked like your yard in the snow. We sold that home a few years ago and I miss. that. What a wonderful Christmas page!
  • SoundFinance Nov 18, 2008 @ 3:01 pm | delete
    I've never experienced snow at Christmas but it always sounds so wonderful.
  • poutine Nov 13, 2008 @ 1:09 pm | delete
    Loved reading this story.

    Poutine
  • Susan52 Nov 8, 2008 @ 4:40 pm | delete
    Another terrific lens. Well done! Gotta love family stories as much as family desserts!
  • chefkeem Nov 7, 2008 @ 6:35 pm | delete
    A SquidAngel Blessing for your heartwarming stories. Fabulous lens, 5*s!
  • Joan4 Nov 1, 2008 @ 6:20 pm | delete
    Beautiful! great lens! great story!
  • OhMe Nov 1, 2008 @ 6:14 pm | delete
    LeAnn, your book sounds wonderful. I hope to get to read it real soon. I am also going to share this lens with some Wisconsin friends of mine. Very, very nice lens. I sure enjoyed it.
  • JohannTheDog Oct 30, 2008 @ 8:03 pm | delete
    Great lens! I love Christmas stories. Woofs, Johann

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RuralRoute2

LeAnn R. Ralph is a writer and newspaper reporter who lives in west central Wisconsin in the house her folks built (on Rural Route 2) when they retired... more »

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