What was your favorite celebration as a kid? What was your least?

[applegrove]

I got home from a trip at a friends cottage to find my whole family and cousins engaged in mock Olympics. They had the high jump which consisted of jumping and clearing a broom handle held high over the dock and landing in the lake. I won a bronze in the girl's breast stroke. Awards ceremonies were held on a gravel pile. Great times.

My least favorite was anything that involved fireworks. I would cry at the loud noise. When told I should be having fun and enjoy them like the other 4 year Olds I'd cry even harder.

[Lyric]

1. Christmas, because food and presents.

Least fave was 4th of July because I am allergic to sulfur smoke, so I couldn't ever play with sparklers, and I was always stuck inside alone while everyone else was outside enjoying the fireworks. Still am, unless it's a big show I can watch from a safe distance.

[JaneyVee]

2. Halloween fav. Easter was boring.

It was held at my aunt's house and my dad was/is an atheist and my mom is Jewish.

[surrealAmerican]

3. I loved the fourth of the July.

Staying up late to see the fireworks after a cookout in the park - and no school the next day (or even the next month or two) to worry about.

I hated Christmas though. My family was Jewish, so we didn't celebrate. All my friends were busy celebrating. Everything in town was closed. There wasn't even anything on tv - just some yule log with Christmas carrols to remind you that everybody else had better things to do.

[Thor_MN]

4. Never have been fond of my birthday.

Being born mere days before Christmas sucks as a kid. One year, my parents even forgot about it until after Christmas. I was a middle kid, a boy stuck between sisters a year old and younger.

I suppose favorite would be anything that allowed me to assert independence.

[abelenkpe]

5. Halloween best. Christmas worst nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. Christmas.. the decorations, light, music. still love it

No least fav

[LWolf]

7. Christmas. Valentine's Day.

The smells, the food, the trees, lights, music, gifts...I love Christmas.

Valentine's Day...I despise it and always have. The cheap cards that people don't really read, the overload on sugar, the neediness on display, the obligation to send flowers or receive them, the excluded...ugh. The only good thing are the terrible candy hearts...when they say something funny or supportive. I think people should give candy hearts, or their equivalent, to at 10 different people every day of the year.