CH (MAJ) William Beaver 776310 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-49059"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhen-have-you-had-to-get-creative-in-celebrating-holidays-because-of-deployments%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=When+have+you+had+to+get+creative+in+celebrating+holidays+because+of+deployments%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhen-have-you-had-to-get-creative-in-celebrating-holidays-because-of-deployments&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhen have you had to get creative in celebrating holidays because of deployments?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/when-have-you-had-to-get-creative-in-celebrating-holidays-because-of-deployments" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="1201daffa14bd99c02ca25ccedccae12" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/049/059/for_gallery_v2/fe3706ef.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/049/059/large_v3/fe3706ef.jpg" alt="Fe3706ef" /></a></div></div>July is upon us and I know that somewhere, some Servicemember is redeploying to a family ready to celebrate Christmas. Thousands of families have had to get creative when celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays such as Christmas. What creative ways did you find to celebrate special days because of deployments? 2015-06-28T12:20:36-04:00 CH (MAJ) William Beaver 776310

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-49059"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhen-have-you-had-to-get-creative-in-celebrating-holidays-because-of-deployments%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=When+have+you+had+to+get+creative+in+celebrating+holidays+because+of+deployments%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhen-have-you-had-to-get-creative-in-celebrating-holidays-because-of-deployments&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhen have you had to get creative in celebrating holidays because of deployments?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/when-have-you-had-to-get-creative-in-celebrating-holidays-because-of-deployments" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="f8faeda8aa20497d0f3ee9dcc9865a51" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/049/059/for_gallery_v2/fe3706ef.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/049/059/large_v3/fe3706ef.jpg" alt="Fe3706ef" /></a></div></div>July is upon us and I know that somewhere, some Servicemember is redeploying to a family ready to celebrate Christmas. Thousands of families have had to get creative when celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays such as Christmas. What creative ways did you find to celebrate special days because of deployments?

2015-06-28T12:20:36-04:00 2015-06-28T12:20:36-04:00 LTC Stephen F. 776315

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="588083" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/588083-ch-maj-william-beaver">CH (MAJ) William Beaver</a> Celebrating alone was challenging. I tried to think of things I could purchase and write notes to ether post or bring back with me. Meals which used to be shared with family were the toughest to eat alone - even though surrounded by people..

2015-06-28T12:29:39-04:00 2015-06-28T12:29:39-04:00 MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca 776385

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2015-06-28T13:18:30-04:00 2015-06-28T13:18:30-04:00 COL Charles Williams 776407

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well, Yes, not me but my family (their ideas) ... <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="588083" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/588083-ch-maj-william-beaver">CH (MAJ) William Beaver</a> Anytime I missed Christmas (or birthdays), we celebrated Christmas (birthdays) when I got home as a family... But, for Christmas in particular, I think it was because they wanted to take the tree down and put everything away... No one ever wants to help with that.

2015-06-28T13:31:57-04:00 2015-06-28T13:31:57-04:00 SFC Mark Merino 776649

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I remember gift wrapping AT-4's using Stars &amp; Stripes and putting them under the Charlie Brown tree we had in 2003.

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