tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post3167118536948529667..comments2024-03-01T07:24:14.288+10:00Comments on Jeanie in Paradise: The Sliver Tinsel Chritsmas Tree - or how my mother stole Christmas...jeaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-26561822114032889452015-11-23T20:51:57.033+10:002015-11-23T20:51:57.033+10:00Aargh - Debby - I am sure I hit "publish"...Aargh - Debby - I am sure I hit "publish" for your comment, but it has disappeared into the ether... sorry!jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-68645616287394434142015-11-22T16:25:25.066+10:002015-11-22T16:25:25.066+10:00That is beautiful, Debby. The first Christmas tra...That is beautiful, Debby. The first Christmas tradition in a relationship is VERY important - it sets the ground rules on who wins the Yule forevermore. V won ours...jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-46769279051427371892015-11-22T14:37:59.104+10:002015-11-22T14:37:59.104+10:00Well. I'm not sure if it qualifies as chicaner...Well. I'm not sure if it qualifies as chicanery, but my mother was pregnant with me for their first Christmas, and my father decreed that a tree would be a waste of money. My mother cried. There was a tree. In those days, they were almost always real. They couldn't afford much in the line of ornaments. They got a box of plastic thing-a-mabobs. 60 years later, I place one of those ornaments on the front of my own tree. Which is a pre-lit fake one. <br />Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-64052007027896637532015-11-22T13:19:07.330+10:002015-11-22T13:19:07.330+10:00Oh wow! We once tried to do edible stuff on the t...Oh wow! We once tried to do edible stuff on the tree - I am sure it s part of the ant folklore also! Not a huge success from the human perspective (but an absolute winner from the ant's)jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-79853655657747214112015-11-22T09:24:19.724+10:002015-11-22T09:24:19.724+10:00I love this tale!
First of all, despite living ...I love this tale! <br /><br />First of all, despite living in the southern US, where it's as good a chance as any that it will be warm for Christmas, it's still officially Wintertime. <br /><br />Now I CAN relate to artificial trees since that's all I've really ever known in my long, long life. Always in the green variety, though. That's not to say I didn't sometime stand in awe at those silver ones folks would spotlight with rotating colors. <br /><br />No chicanery involved, but I do have fond memories of my one and only white Christmas - it included a live tree that was decorated by my clever mother with everything edible, from home-baked cookies in cellophane to strings of popcorn and cranberry. <br />Well over 50 years ago, but I still can picture it. <br />Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.com