Middle Aged Memories
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I put up a granny Christmas tree for the first time this year. Since DH and I got married we put away all our memory ornaments (mainly because I had so many and he had so few. I have it in the guestroom, but the cutie little handmade ornaments will be on display once more.
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One of my sisters had a special Christmas outfit that she wore every year to our family get-together. It was hideous, the sweater was pink with a huge Christmas tree on the front, and dangly charms and chains for ornaments, and the matching skirt was a floral pattern, with gold threads running through it. This wasn't that long ago, and I haven't been back home for the party, so I'm not sure if she still wears it or not, hopefully not. It was starting to look a little bit ratty the last time I saw it, which would have been 6 years ago.
I had some cute homemade ornaments that my kids made, and some beautiful ones that my mom made, but we lost our home in a fire in 2003, and we were unable to save any of the Christmas decorations. It took me a few years to enjoy Christmas after that, since nothing about it was familiar.
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dutchgirl6, Your post had me laughing at your sisters outfit, but crying about losing your Christmas heirlooms in the house fire. That is so sad. I know they are only things, but the memories associated are priceless.0
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Each item seems to spur a little memorie of something of our past.
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We had two candy containers that I remember from long ago. They were old school bobble-heads. One was Santa, one was a snowman...
I don't know if the image will stay since I took it from an Ebay auction. My mom always put red pistachios in the Santa, and the natural ones in the Snowman.
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My grandmother rarely had a tree, as they spent the holiday with us, but she had a plastic holly wreath with red plastic berries, and some S&P shakers of Mr. and Mrs. Claus. The funniest thing I remember is when she made a wreath out of bread bags.
She also had two bowls of candy. One with spanish peanuts and the other with M & Ms.
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One candy that we only got at Christmas were those little chocolate bottles, with real fruit brandy (or something?) in them. They didn't taste better than other candy, but just to know that the forbidden alcohol was inside made the kids prize them more.
That also reminds me that it has been decades since I have had a "rum ball" which seemed to be a popular Christmas treat when I was a kid. I might have to try my hand at making some this year.
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We always had ribbon candy. I remember when it was in our stockings, unwrapped, and stuck to the inside of it.
I made rum truffles one year. Might try agian this year.
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My family is from Holland, and all of our Christmas goodies were traditional Dutch. I don't think that I had shortbread until I was 12. I was alway envious of my friends who got all sorts of candies, and treats made with peanut butter. I was embarrassed at school Christmas parties because I would bring treats made with spices and almonds. Now I love those flavours, but as a kid I just wanted to be like everyone else.
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Oooh those flavors do sound good.
Okay, when I was very little I thought our family was dutch because my father owned a "Dutch Boy" paint store.
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Here's a Christmas video from my childhood. It was a regional thing. I know it was shown in the Chicago area, but I think it was shown in other markets as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT5Ohgl7eTM
I hope the link works. When my dh first saw this video, he asked if I grew up in the 40's. :-)
Enjoy!
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That was cute. Can't say I'd ever seen that one before.
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I've never seen it either but thought it was very cute. I'll have to show it to the grandkids, they'll love it
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I was going through some old recipes and found a little booklet put out by TC Guide and this ad was in it. Even at a young age it grossed me out to think of how the sheets smelled if the guy wasn't showering everyday!
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This was also in the booklet.
I always thought this Mother Nature was an old lady. not so much now.
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"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!"0
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She's fooled me plenty of times.
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I remember being in a second grade dramatic reading of "The Night Before Christmas." We all had to wear stocking caps, and most of us had the outdoor kind which were in fashion back then. I think my lines were, "When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter."
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Simpler times back then and we could actually do Christmas plays or concerts back then. I was in Catholic School and was always a shepard. I wanted to be Mary so bad but never got chosen.
Knowing that I'm a bit of a trouble maker as an adult, I guess the nuns saw the "writing on the wall" and knew better than to let me be Mary. 0 -
I was never in th e inner circle of lead role players either. I remembr in Jr. high I played an elf in the Christmas Play. I had a green skirt with red pom poms hanging off it.
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When I was in kindergarden I was in a Christmas pagent that actually had us students in a nativity scene. I was an angel, I think, and sang What Child is This? No way that could ever happen in today's anti-Christianity world.
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I found this very interesting:
DH's sister's funeral was last Saturday. She was a teacher in a public school. A chior from that school of 2 & 3 graders sang at the funeral. They sang Jesus Loves Me, and andother song with Jesus in the title. It was in the program that the chior was from this school. I was seriously surprised that it was allowed. Not that I disagreed with it, just that in these times, it was done, and nobody fought it.
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Amazing! There may be hope for this country after all!
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Unless some disgruntled person sues the school district.
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Does anyone remember Alberto V05???
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YES!
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They still have "modern" VO5, but I think the "Alberto" is long gone, isn't it?
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I think you're right, Elimar--I just googled "alberto VO5" again and noticed that NONE of the pics have the "Alberto" on the label. I didn't catch that earlier.
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I remember this product, and can imagine what it smelled like, too.
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