We want your holiday memories — good and bad

Maybe it was a simple gift from a relative long gone. Or Uncle Jim doing the chicken dance after drinking too much schnapps.

Or a trip gone wrong, a surprise visit from a special person or your mom kissing Santa Claus. What put the magic — or mayhem — into your winter holiday?

Tell us about it. It can be serious, sentimental or funny. Write it in 100 words or less. We’ll publish selections on the Dec. 25 Good Life page. Please include a contact phone number. Deadline is Dec. 5.

Send items to Andrea Brown at abrown@heraldnet.com or mail to Herald Features, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98203. Questions? Call 425-339-3443.

— Andrea Brown, Herald writer