My most favorite and memorable Christmas ever was the year I had no money and all presents were having to be handmade.  :)   I had 4 children at the time and it's funny, they are all grown with children of their own and we all still talk about our happiest Christmas.  :)   That particular year I couldn't get a tree, so we took an old  umbrella frame and decorated it with enough lights and garland it really did look like a tree.  And we set the (tree) on a small table and put all the gifts on the table under the tree.  We got on our knees and took pics from that angle and it made the tree look like a big tree.  :)   All of my children still talk about our special Christmas tree.  :)