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Christmas Memories

We had an abundance of love in our home but not much money Each piece of wrapping paper was carefully saved on Christmas morn Then carefully put away in a box and taken out again next year We couldn’t wait to see which gifts those old friends would adorn… 11/26/15 Barbara Gorelick Christmas Memories contest/Broken Wings

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Viv Wigley

Date: 11/26/2015 9:32:00 PM

Now, that's a wonderful memory, Barbara- the sort that my Mother would have done, but I can only remember the box with the cotton wool in that she used for fake snow around the base of the Christmas tree. Saddest snow you've ever seen. Good luck in the contest, Viv x

Barbara Gorelick
Date: 11/27/2015 3:11:00 PM

It was just so much simpler then. I was just thinking of making paper chains for the tree..ok, I, getting old. Smiling... Barbara