All of us here at BluegrassJournal.com are wishing you all a very merry Christmas this season. We want to thank all of you for stopping by the site and hope to bring you even more coverage, interviews and stories in 2009.

We’ve included links and excerpts to all of the Christmas Memories (plus last years) below that were written by some of Bluegrass’ finest people. We thank them for taking time to share their wonderful stories with us.

Merry Christmas and we’ll be back next Tuesday.

My favorite Christmas memory is easy. One that will be the same year in and year out. It’s not about presents, lights or trees or any traditional memories associated with the season.

My favorite Christmas memory happened exactly at 2:37 a.m., early Christmas morning 5 years ago.

Marcy Cochran, fiddle player and vocalist with Washington, D.C.-based Dead Men’s Hollow, shares one of her favorite Christmas music memories. It’s a heart-warming and timely recollection, especially with so many American military men and women serving so far away from home on yet another Christmas season:

One of my favorite Christmastime memories as a performer is of going to Fort Riley, Kan., in November 2005 with my band, Dead Men’s Hollow, to perform in a gala Christmas concert for the men and women of the 24th Infantry Division.

Editor’s Note The Grascals Jamie Johnson was kind enough to share one of his favorite Christmas memories with us. It’s presented below.

“One of my favorite times in life was Christmas time when I was just a little fella… around 4 or 5 years old.

Grasstowne’s Phil Leadbetter shares his favorite Christmas recollection:

‘My favorite Christmas memory was when I was about 8 years old. We didn’t have much money, but I never knew that growing up. I always thought we were OK.