My friend on Facebook posted a picture of her Christmas Tree. It was filled with Silver Icicles. It brought back so many memories as a child and Christmas. Mother started early decorating with red bows, lots of hard candy, she put out bowls of nuts with a nutcracker. I have that same nutcracker and bowl. I use it to this day at Christmas.!
Would not get rid of it for anything. I think when I die it will probably be put in a yard sale or garbage. I have tried to tell my children of these things but I really don't think it is important to them as it is to me.
THEN UP WENT THE CHRISTMAS TREE. Always a real tree and big!!!! But then after I left home and things became more modern, she purchased an artificial tree. I did not like those things. I always used a real tree with my family until they all left home and it was just us! Now we have a prelit tree.
I remember one time she even bought a silver tree...uhmmm...not sure I liked that. Seemed to artificial!!!and of course it was!
Back to the tree, we would put the bulbs on after mother put the lights on. Big red , blue, green, yellow bulbs that were as big as a pickle! The fun part was standing back , admiring the tree then we would throw the icicles on the tree!!! Most of them bunch up, mother would holler, fix that! she was a very stickler for neatness!!!! Not me, I loved the feeling of being free, wild and wooly! lol! The icicles were just plain fun to throw on the tree...then stand back and admire your handywork! Alot fell on the floor which we had to clean up!
I let my three children do the same thing, let them be free but honey would say, put them on right! He was like mother, NEAT!!!! Except that has changed quite a bit as he has matured!
Christmas was such a wonderful time as a child, excited as to what Santa would bring us, different food, candy tha we didn't have at any other time of the year. Now remember this was in Miami ,Florida and it was warm! Not expecting any snow, infact didn't even think about snow. I did not own a coat until I went to college in Nashville Tn. Only owned a sweater, no long sleeves just short ones or sleeveless. Now one winter it did get pretty cold, dad would put the gas heater that he would fill with propane gas, pump it up and then get each of us children up one at a time. We would run to the living room ,back up to the heater and shiver. Cold was a new feature for us!
If I remember one time it snowed a few flakes in January with my new hubby. But then again another winter we went swimming on January First!!!!
Times were good for me as a child. Dad made a good living, mother stayed home and kept up in beautiful clothes, feed us wonderful food, kept a beautiful clean home. Then I left as an eighteen year old to college ,on to my married life where I began to make my way. I never could keep house like my mother but that is ok, it is my style.
I trust each one has a good Christmas, life has taken such turns that it has been hard to keep up. I wish for my children the best of life, happiness, peace with all that has taken place. That is my wish for my self.
To God be the glory. Merry Christmas.
