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Blue Devils Hoopsters Share Their Favorite Christmas Memories
12/24/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C.-- Some of the Blue Devils shared their favorite Christmas memories as well as photos from different parts of their lives growing up around the holidays. In the photo gallery is a picture of Abby Waner along with her brother, Alex, sister, Emily, and dog, Bailey; Carrem Gay along with her mom, Michelle, Keturah Jackson in her Barbee car, photos of Bridgette Mitchell along with her brother, William, and mom, and photos of Joy Cheek along with her sister, Jessica.
Happy Holidays from the Duke women's basketball team.
Abby Waner
My favorite Christmas gift was our chocolate lab, Bailey. Santa brought her :)
Karima Christmas
My family was interviewed by Channel 11 News on Christmas day. They asked me how it was to have the last name of Christmas -- if people at school teased me or stuff like that. My whole family was interviewed and they went through my house. It is Christmas all year long with my family.
Jasmine Thomas
My grandma (Ma), my dad's mom, lives in Washington, D.C. She is stuck in her neighborhood. It is impossible to get her out of there. I think back about three or four years ago when she came to our house for Christmas and she loved it. She didn't want to leave.
Keturah Jackson
One of the gifts that stands out for me was the Barbee Convertible car that I got when I was five years old (Keturah and the car are pictured in the photo gallery).
Krystal Thomas
The memory that stands out for me was the Christmas before my mom passed away was the best Christmas by far. It wasn't about the gifts; it was about all of us being together during Christmas. Yes, we did get some great gifts, but it wasn't about that. It was about being together as a family.
Joanne P. McCallie
Some of our best memories are when our family goes to Chattanooga [Tennessee]. The McCallie Christmas is all of the McCallie relatives in Chattanooga which can go up to over 100. It's a huge event that is held at The McCallie School. You connect with people you haven't talked to maybe in two years or more.
Kathleen Scheer
Christmas is extremely special to me. The whole Christmas Eve day and Christmas day is spent with both sides of my family. There is such a joyous and happy feeling during this time. One of my favorite Christmas gifts was actually last year. I got Heeley's, which are the shoes with the wheels on the heels. I know what you're thinking, I'm a little too old for them, but they are probably the coolest shoes ever. It took a while for Santa to find my size, but he did and they are sweet. LOL. I try to limit my use of them during season due to the fact that they aren't totally accident and injury free.
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