Holiday Memories- from the New Rep Family

As we all get ready for the Holiday season ahead of us (and New Rep's Darling Divas Deck the Holidays), we want to know what your favorite holiday memory or tradition is.  Check out what some members of the New Rep family think about when they reflect on the Holidays.  Share your favorite holiday memory with us and you will be entered to win a New Rep Gift Package.  For complete contest rules visit http://www.newrep.org/holiday_memory.php,



We just sadly bid goodbye to our beloved feline family member, “Smokey”. An unhappy Holiday season start. Looking through “Smokey’s” photographic remembrances, we found pictures of “Freeway” another “kitty” pet from years ago. We laughed realizing that nearly every photo was of “Free” under the Christmas tree. Although beds, chairs, couches, etc. were “his” normal chosen sleeping areas, when we prepared the Christmas tree, he’d sit waiting patiently watching the decoration process, until the red felt skirt was finally spread. Then, as though claiming his territory, he carefully crawled under the tree, rarely moving unnecessarily for the next two weeks. -Anthony

Before becoming retired & a “Grandma” I jokingly penned a “letter from Santa” to a co-worker/friend. Impressed, another requested letters for her children.  Therefore, with my first grandchild, I started my own family tradition of annual letters from Santa. Keeping notes throughout the year of my 3 grandchildren’s
exciting happenings & activities, Santa reminds them he knows all and sees all.  I illustrate the letters reflecting the subject matter. Last year Santa was adorned with New England Patriots gear and rode on a Tony Hawk skateboard for my grandson. He was depicted dreaming of my granddaughters’ gymnastics, dance & cheerleading prowess. -Dianne