The Tradition
Many of you youngens and new comers to the family may not realize how our Traditions of
The Metzger Family Christmas Party came about...click here
to read the rest of the story
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Your
Name |
Name
You Buy for |
| Bill
Metzger |
Hope Metzger |
| Sandy Rathmell |
Grant Metzger |
| Susan Milbrandt |
Mac Metzger |
| Mark Milbrandt |
Marilyn
McCormick |
| Melissa
Milbrandt |
Archie
McCormick |
| Austin
Milbrandt |
Lisa McCormick |
| Billy Metzger |
Tim McCormick |
| Bethany
Miller |
Katie McCormick |
| Bob
Metzger |
Karisa
McCormick |
| Mary Ann
Metzger |
Jeff
Metzger |
| Kara Metzger |
Susie Metzger |
| Andrew
Vasek |
Jeffrey
Metzger Jr. |
| Laura Metzger |
Becky Metzger |
| Robbie
Metzger |
Bill
Metzger |
| Daniel
Metzger |
Sandy Rathmell |
| Brian
Metzger |
Susan Milbrandt |
| Mary Metzger |
Mark Milbrandt |
| Jimmy Metzger |
Melissa
Milbrandt |
| Hope Metzger |
Austin
Milbrandt |
| Grant Metzger |
Billy Metzger |
| Mac Metzger |
Bethany
Metzger |
| Marilyn
McCormick |
Bob
Metzger |
| Archie
McCormick |
Mary Ann
Metzger |
| Lisa McCormick |
Kara Metzger |
| Tim McCormick |
Andrew
Vasek |
| Katie McCormick |
Laura Metzger |
| Karisa
McCormick |
Robbie
Metzger |
| Jeff
Metzger |
Daniel
Metzger |
| Susie Metzger |
Brian
Metzger |
| Jeffrey
Metzger Jr |
Mary Metzger |
| Becky
Metzger |
Jimmy
Metzger |
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The Metzger Family siblings grew up at the house Grandpa built on
4 Division St in Mountaintop. And after Grandma died in 1983, Grandpa
soon moved down to Florida, and the McCormick's moved into his house.
But he would come back for every Christmas to spend it with us.
And since he'd always stay in his house, the party was always held
at the McCormick's. Depending on how many children each of his children
had, that's how many gifts they would get to give to their nieces
and nephews. And Grandpa always had a huge magical stocking that
had various dollar bills in it. All of his grandchildren would line
up and take turns picking from the stocking. Some would get lucky
and pick a very large bill. And sometimes, if some got a smaller
bill they would get to pick again. That was always our favorite
part of the party. Later on, when Grandpa died we decided to modify
some of the traditions. We thought it would be nice to take turns
and have the Christmas Party at a different families' house each
year. Which proved quite exciting because in 2002, we all got to
go see what Christmas was like in Texas. Also by this time all the
grandchildren were getting older and it seemed silly for the parents
to be buying all the gifts and not getting any. So we decided to
start drawing names from a hat, and have everyone in whole family
exchange gifts, so each person would bring one and get one in return.
This added a new element of fun to the party, getting to watch all
the parents open gifts too. We would usually open the gifts from
youngest to oldest. But once or twice we've gone oldest to youngest.
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memories of the Metzger Family Christmas Tradition, or how it developed.
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