Can you identify with Charlie Brown?

Have you ever had the Charlie Brown Christmas tree where the dog knocked it over and broke ever ornament? Or where every needle fell off a week before Christmas?

Or do you have a Christmas tradition of baking dozens of holiday cookies, including long-standing family recipes of krumkake, rosettes or spritz, with your children and grandchildren?

Does Santa visit your house on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day morning?

We're looking for your Christmas stories.

Holiday disasters, toy assembly nightmares or family traditions - we want to hear about them. E-mail delynn.howard@brainerddispatch.com or mail your submission to DeLynn Howard, Brainerd Dispatch, P.O. Box 974, Brainerd, MN 56401. Include your name, age and where you're from. You also can access an online form at www.brainerddispatch.com/holiday/disasters.

We'll print a sampling of your stories on Christmas Day. -DeLynn Howard, staff writer.