He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ~
Roy L. Smith
What says CHRISTMAS to YOU?
It was ALWAYS FAMILY and FRIENDS for me…
Our Christmas tradition was to have Christmas Breakfast at my house with
Daddy’s family. We would then go and
open the presents in the front. Daddy
became like a Child at Christmas and it was so fun to watch! When I was little, the LIVE tree was placed
in the den.
We had a FEAST for breakfast and then the food would remain on the table
for us to eat the rest of the day. We
would have Fried Chicken and gravy, Country Ham and red-eye gravy, Sausage,
Homemade Biscuits and often Rolls,
Homemade jellies, scrambled eggs, garlic cheese grits, fruit salad, Pink
Stuff (cherry/pineapple/banana/cool whip), fresh-squeezed orange juice, coffee
and hot chocolate. We would pull out the WHITE dishes and have a beautifully
set table.
Our decorations would change through the years because Mother was so
creative. We used lots of Magnolia
leaves, holly and fresh fruit to decorate the mantles. Velvet bows were tied on the four-poster bed
in the front room and the outside porch posts were wrapped like candy
canes. We always had a fresh Christmas
tree until Mother bought an artificial tree around 1972. It was much easier on our allergies!
The nativity candle that belonged to my Aunt STILL remains one of my
favorite things…the design would dance on the wall when it was lit…It was
always in the center of our round table.
Untangling the lights was AWFUL because I think we had the same lights from
the turn of the 20th century…they had those “cups” on the end and
they would tangle and grab your fingers as we tried to unwrap them…ugh….BUT
they were BEAUTIFUL once we got it decorated.
As we got older, we would go to our friends house and help THEM decorate the trees—that was always fun…These are pictures from Christmas decorating at my house in 1979.
OF COURSE, mayhem ALWAYS broke out…
AND I had to fuss at the boyfriend to PUT DOWN the camera and help us with the lights…
And then there was time to snuggle with my then boyfriend…ROFL
THIS is what CHRISTMAS means to me…I hope you are having a WONDERFUL FUN Christmas Season…Blessings to YOU…~charlotte♥
Oh…I almost forgot to share that CHARLIE found the printer…WHAT is it about boys and their toys!! He uploaded these to my computer…I SURE hope he is going to HELP me with my computer work and NOT just play with it…=)
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