I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

when i was a little girl, we lived in southern california.  we lived across the street from the V family.  the V family consisted of mr. and mrs. V and their 4 older children (older than my brother and i were anyway):  an older daughter who had already left for college (and whose name i can't remember); kathy, a very talented artist, who encouraged me to draw and color and spent more time with a 7 year old than most highschool aged kids probably would; tim, the only son; and tori, the beautiful dancer.  every chance i got, i ran over there.  there were dogs, happy (the 13 year old basset hound whose only goal in life was to fly out the front door to freedom) and penelope, a cute black mutt, and tortoises in the yard and the closest i ever got to having older sisters.  any holiday was special in the V house.  mrs. V liked to decorate.  my mom, not so much.  at christmas, we always had a tree, a real one, fragrant with the scent of pine.  and that was ok.  but it was nothing like the V's tree.  now that tree was magical.  it was silver.  and faker than the day is long.  it was tall with a beautiful angel at the top, and it stood in a stand that rotated and played christmas carols.  and it was covered almost to the point of overload with the most beautiful ornaments i had ever seen. AND TINSEL.  we didn't have tinsel at my house, because it made a mess.  but mrs. V loved tinsel.   every christmas, i would spend hours laying on their living room sofa just watching the tree go around and around and around.

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rocky would like to wish you all a merry christmas .....

yes he would....

he really wants to....

see?

and so would i ....

be safe! 

Comments

[GlitterGlamGirl]

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Thanks!

[megan]

LOVE your trees and the robot is ADORABLE! I used tinsel this year for the first time in a long time, cuz I found some in a box. And it was like: Oh, yeah, I remember why I hate this stuff...static cling...

[Colleen]

It was a sad year indeed when we stopped using the tinsel. Now, that tree has white lights. WHITE LIGHTS!?!

[Jenn]

I LOVE your little pink tree! So cute! And the other one, decorated with ornaments, is adorable as well.

We weren't allowed tinsel after they said it was bad for cats. I was ok with that, cause, well, I loved my cat :)

[Cathi]

Hope you had a wonderful day!

[claudia]

You know, I might be able to get into a knitted Christmas tree....Details?

[Bron]

Merry Christmas! (My folks didn't allow tinsel either - I covet it to this day!)

[Martha]

Merry Christmas, Maryse!

Must make fun fur trees next year, possibly as gifts too. I LOVE those fake white trees so much. Last year I went to the fake-tree store and stood there for about an hour before I talked myself out of it. But with those little fun fur trees, it's like the best of both worlds. You get the real balsam scent from your real tree, and the silvery goodness of fun fur. Awesome!

P.S. My mom wouldn't let us have tinsel, either--too messy. I don't even know where/if you can still buy the stuff, and I need to find some (long story).

[Vera]

Cute trees. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[Carole]

Merry Christmas, Maryse!

[elisa]

Oh yes - tinsel was a very important part of my Christmas tradition growing up...as was my grandma stringing lights around every mirror and window inside and outside her house. :)

Merry Christmas to you, too, dearie!