Yeah, I know it's the Huffington Post, but who in the world riots over a sneaker I wouldn't be seen dead in ? Now, if it was a bright, red, platform slingback in raw silk.....who knows. Gotta have that good old Christmas spirit. I'll be spending Christmas "Home Alone" again this year. Yes, I had a couple of invitations. They were complicated.
It's just not the same any more. I will spend tomorrow listening to the MTC sing my favorite songs....especially The Hallelujah Chorus....writing my Christmas Blog....contemplating the new year....and contemplating 2011. I will miss those days of yester-year. When the house was filled with the wonderful smells and noises of family and friends. I don't know anyone having one of those this year. Families are smaller and more nuclear. They lack those women whose joy was to spend a week in the kitchen to feed 25 or 30 people. Oh what I would give to see and hear my mother and great grandmother in the kitchen together. Cakes and pies and puddings, several of each, clogged the sideboards by Christmas Eve. Added to this assembly on the morrow would be the offerings of each family. There had to be enough food, especially deserts, to feed everyone into a stupor and still have leftovers for all to take home for supper. That's Christmas. Loading the cars for the trip to church. My mother always gave me a special donation for Christmas. Tha's Christmas. Renewing friendships with cousins I hadn't seen for 11 months. Talking school, clothes, rifles, and cars. Telling the years fishing and hunting stories. That's Christmas. Only one person got presents at this get together...Great Granny. She was a perfect Mrs Claus. Short, round,usually wore an apron and always had a big smile. That's Christmas. That's happiness personified. I had my last one circa 1961. My mother was gone by then, but we gathered at Great Granny's house for the last time. It's just not the same any more.
Norm
Christmas Eve morning 2011
Thanks
What happy memories! Happiness personified! A great description.
ReplyDeleteI thought I would get notices by email about blog entries, but didn't. That is why I haven't been reading and commenting, cause I thought you hadnt' written anything. But now I will be checking daily to see. Hope you have a good day today. I put some pictures of our late Christmas on facebook, you might enjoy looking at them.