Christmas Memories : 9781434337344 : 10 Nov 2007 : This book is a memoir of the Christmas traditions plus a collection of short stories embodying the most memorable Christmases of Edmund and Virginia Hansen during their first fifty years of marriage. The short stories include: Christmas 1956 Our first Christmas together and we baked the Christmas Tree. Christmas 1959 We knew we weren't in Kansas anymore when our plane landed in a raging blizzard in Chicago. What happened next was a traveler's worst nightmare. Christmas 1963 Family Christmas activities are always planned to the minutest detail. Having a baby on Christmas day wasn't planned, but it happened. Christmas 1979 Suddenly, right after Thanksgiving, a family of Southeast Asian refugees arrived at our airport without sponsors. The five little girls with ages between 3 and 11 stole our hearts and our family increased by seven. Christmas 1987 The Christmas wedding of our youngest son was planned but thieves almost ruined the occasi