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Christmas Past
Since the holidays are here I thought it would be nice to hear from people to reflect on Christmas past. It could be a very special Christmas,your family traditions, topics of how things used to be etc.
I remember when nothing Christmas would appear prior to Thanksgiving. The day after everything went Christmas.
There was no black friday. No big boxes ( Lowes, H.D.,C.C., Best buy etc. ) The place to go was Rose's or Western Auto and local clothing stores. You actually went out into the cold to the stores to shop. There was that one store that had Santa. I was afraid of him.
We were not allowed to open any gifts till Christmas morning. Everyone got sparklers to bring in the new year.
NOTHING ever went on sale till the day after Christmas but it couldn't be a Sunday. That was when people went out for bargains and spent money they got for Christmas. Decorations ,paper and cards went on sale but not by half price. Merchants still made a little money on items. If it didn't sell then,it was put in storage and brought out the follqwing year. Stores would close for a couple of days afterwards and take inventory.
Mom (93) tells of her Christmas being a shoebox with an orange, some nuts and a peppermint stick. Also " special things " for the Christmas meal.
Christ was welcome in public schools. We would have a tree and a party, exchange cards and sing and be in plays. Christ was allowed in public places and no one was offended. Merry Christmas was heard everywhere !
Church was always special. Lots of stuff going on there for kids and adults. Christmas Eve services were always special !
One great Christmas for me was when I saw Bob Hope in Korea.
For tradition, we buy Christmas ornaments while on vacation. We have over 30 years of tree ornaments with receipts for most of them along with the stores business cards when avaiable. Most are still in the original bags and boxes. Photos are taken and they are logged in inventory by the year purchased. We start with the most recent year and work our way back. I plan to place all that info. on a CD soon. I have had to fix or repair them over the years. It takes a long time to put up and take down our tree. We have 229 so far. We use a 9.5 'to 10.0' tree and in order to get the all the ornaments on. It must be in the center of the room and we use the whole tree. We added a glass top sunroom to the house to have a place to showcase the tree. As we put the ornaments on we remember the places we have been.
Please add your thoughts and everyone have a Merry Chrisrmas !!!!!
I remember when nothing Christmas would appear prior to Thanksgiving. The day after everything went Christmas.
There was no black friday. No big boxes ( Lowes, H.D.,C.C., Best buy etc. ) The place to go was Rose's or Western Auto and local clothing stores. You actually went out into the cold to the stores to shop. There was that one store that had Santa. I was afraid of him.
We were not allowed to open any gifts till Christmas morning. Everyone got sparklers to bring in the new year.
NOTHING ever went on sale till the day after Christmas but it couldn't be a Sunday. That was when people went out for bargains and spent money they got for Christmas. Decorations ,paper and cards went on sale but not by half price. Merchants still made a little money on items. If it didn't sell then,it was put in storage and brought out the follqwing year. Stores would close for a couple of days afterwards and take inventory.
Mom (93) tells of her Christmas being a shoebox with an orange, some nuts and a peppermint stick. Also " special things " for the Christmas meal.
Christ was welcome in public schools. We would have a tree and a party, exchange cards and sing and be in plays. Christ was allowed in public places and no one was offended. Merry Christmas was heard everywhere !
Church was always special. Lots of stuff going on there for kids and adults. Christmas Eve services were always special !
One great Christmas for me was when I saw Bob Hope in Korea.
For tradition, we buy Christmas ornaments while on vacation. We have over 30 years of tree ornaments with receipts for most of them along with the stores business cards when avaiable. Most are still in the original bags and boxes. Photos are taken and they are logged in inventory by the year purchased. We start with the most recent year and work our way back. I plan to place all that info. on a CD soon. I have had to fix or repair them over the years. It takes a long time to put up and take down our tree. We have 229 so far. We use a 9.5 'to 10.0' tree and in order to get the all the ornaments on. It must be in the center of the room and we use the whole tree. We added a glass top sunroom to the house to have a place to showcase the tree. As we put the ornaments on we remember the places we have been.
Please add your thoughts and everyone have a Merry Chrisrmas !!!!!
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