A Few of My Favorite Things
There are too many things to do for a long post, but I thought I'd take a little time to post pictures of some of my favorite Christmas items. I think it would come as little surprise that, like most things, my memories of Christmas are wrapped up with memories of my mom. Mama made Christmas such a magical time. We both loved decorating for the season. We even took care to decorate the presents carefully so they were beautiful, also. As I grew older, I found our that Mama made special efforts at Christmas because of her experiences when my brother Greg was small. Money was tight since my dad was just an instructor at a junior college and then a graduate student. She never forgot those times and she appreciated the better times as they came. She began collecting Hallmark ornaments in the late 1970s. At first, she only bought them at half-price on the day after Christmas. I have memories of standin...