Two years ago I took a photo of the lonely little tree for my grandchildren. Then two year old GS #2 said, "That's sure a little tree!" Only Son's bride each year decorates a lovely, floor to ceiling tree. If I had a child around here, maybe I would too.
This year, though, I received a new decoration. This stocking was crafted for me when I was a newborn--actually started before I was born--by my grandmother Campbelle, my maternal grandmother. She created one of these for each of her grandchildren. This tradition lasted through all thirteen grandchildren; mine probably was the sixth or seventh she made. Along with the stockings sewn for my brothers,this was found in a sealed box when we cleaned out the basement storeroom immediately after Dad's death.
Granddaughter oohed and awed when she saw it. Someday it will be hers.
Taciturn apparently has something similar given to him as a child. This year we think we will put both of the stockings up on our mantle as a way to recall our past family traditions.
2 comments:
I have not yet gotten to the point where I won't decorate for Christmas. I always have hope that St. Nick will arrive in one form or another. :-)
Memories and traditions are those non-tangible things that can never be taken from us.
What a wonderful, busy stocking! Are those jingle bells along the bottom edge? How clever...and what a fun thing to rediscover and be able to pass along.
I still have--and hang--the stocking my mother made for my first Christmas (1950.) It is big, which she admitted years later was kind of a problem since it held a lot! Of course, that never bothered me...
A blessed Advent to you.
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