BlMancastor Fanning, Saturday, Dacember 31,1988
Christinas season at my child
hood home was very different
from the Christmas that my grand
children experience.
My sisters and I were given a
dime or two and expected to buy
three or four gifts. We could
choose between handkerchiefs,
pencils, candy or a comb. There
was still the excitement of keeping
die gift secret and wrapping it in
the previous year’s paper.
Our tree was one that my father
found in our hilly meadow along
the Conestoga River. Almost
always it was a cedar with tiny,
pricldy needles. But it was our tree
and we had some pretty balls to
decorate it. Sorry to say, but most
of them were broken as years went
by.
Other decorations were more
indestructible such as paper
wreaths and bells. These were a
faded red from years of use and
sunlight The bells could be folded
flat for storage.
We hung up long, brown, cot
ton stockings at the chairboard in
the kitchen. There was sure to be
an orange in the toe with a few
nuts and some hard candy on top—
no toys.
A Christinas program at church
was always looked forward to as
we were given a box of chocolates
afterwards. Even the journey to
church was exciting as my father
snapped the celluloid curtains of
the 1923 Overland and the nine of
us piled in for the trip to the
village.
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My grandchildren live in very
affluent homes where a big tree is
purchased and there are many toys
for them than they can appreciate.
I doubt if they color tablet paper
and then glue paper rings together
to make chains for decoration.
My one big gift each year, from
a favorite aunt, was put away so it
would not be broken. And, those
same toys are still in the original
boxes in good condition. Now
they are called antiques.
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