Our Chtistmas Tradition

It started twelve years ago, Chantel and Britney knew that I loved to listen to the "Forgotten Carols" story on cassette.  The play by Michael McLean was being preformed at the Dee Events Center in Ogden and they bought tickets for the three of us to attend.  It was their Christmas present to me. We sat in the very top row and laughed, cried, sang and were touched by the spirit.  We loved it.

The next year we took the boys, we got to sit a little closer, we laughed, cried, sang and were touched by the spirit. Surprisingly the boys loved it so much that we decided we needed to every year.

One year we decided to invite our neighbor.  He loved it and has been going ever since.  Sharing it with him brought on a new tradition.  Each year we would invite someone that had not been and share it with them.  It has been a special experience to see their reaction to this wonderful story.  This year was no exception,  we had an exceptional time with many friends.

When Chantel and Luke got married and were in Saint George we bought tickets for them to see it there.  I always looked forward to a phone call from them afterwards, thanking us and telling us how wonderful it was.  When Britney and Joe moved to Arizona, We bought tickets for them.  Even though we were not all together we still had the same great experience.

For the last two Christmases Derek has been in Peru and his way of experiencing this was by listening to the music. 

This year we are able to attend as a whole family.  Chantel and Luke came from St. George.  It has been about seven years since we have been altogether at Forgotten Carols.  It was a night to remember. We laughed, cried, sang and felt the spirit.