Comments on: Throwback Thursday

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 03:31:25 +0000

In reply to Debby Holt. Awwww...I love the pink tablecloth! I can see it sparkle in my mind. And a pink bicycle? Awesome! Mine was blue. Thank you for sharing such sweet memories, dear one. ❤️

By: Charlene Gillam

Charlene Gillam — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:42:41 +0000

Kinda sad when you have a parent that “ruins” Christmas, my Dad did that every year with his drinking, but my Mom tried her best to make good memories, and I will be ever grateful for that. A magical silver tree with a color light and a train around the bottom are what I remember. Still have nativity set pieces from Mom’s sets through the years. They are included with my Fontanini set that we “multiplied” after getting camels. Even though it’s not “correct”, I have “half of Bethlehem “ in my nativity scene and if i put nothing else up for Christmas, my nativity is front and center!

By: Debby Holt

Debby Holt — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:51:51 +0000

Christmas Eve was always spent with my Moms family. We exchanged gifts and supper was light with tuna fish and pimento cheese sandwiches, I this kind so we could get to the sweet treats that had been lovingly made by my mom, aunt and grandmother. I remember the tablecloth being pink felt with tulle overlay that had sequins sown on spelling out Merry Christmas. My g-mothers favorite color was pink.
My sister and I always got a new pair of Christmas pj’s or gown, often homemade. Santa would come while we were sleeping. I just have such vivid memories of the beautiful ly lit tree with what seemed like lots of toys underneath. I never counted. It looked like a lot and I was never disappointed. There were some years when money was real tight but I never knew it at Christmas. I got a pink big-girl bicycle when I was about 9 or 10. It was second-hand and Daddy had painted it. I loved it. I also got the candy cane, one of those big fat ones that we had to crack and break off with a hammer :). I also remember the year I snooped and found the transistor radio that was to be under the tree so that ruined the surprise for me. I gre up in west Texas so we rarely had snow. Never any ice skating or sledding. I love those memories.

By: Sandra Martindale

Sandra Martindale — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:24:46 +0000

I remember that same stocking! Sadly, I don’t remember too much about Christmas from years ago. I do remember that we didn’t have much as a sharecropper family. I was the youngest of 4 kids….I suppose I was an accident because all my siblings were much older than me. They were all grown & gone from home so they helped Santa Claus bring me a few things for Christmas. My Mama’s chicken & dressing & coconut cake were my favorite foods for Christmas. I remember being in the kitchen with Mama when she was preparing real coconuts! I loved eating those big chunks of coconut! As far as memories of special gifts I believe my first bicycle would be one of my favorite gifts but I always wanted cowboy boots so one year I finally got those!! I probably thought I was the best cowgirl in town. Obviously, I was a little tomboy! I do like Christmas but this time of year brings back sad memories & I think it’s a time when people get too carried away with overspending/celebrating therefore forgetting the real meaning of Christmas. We should look for those that are less fortunate & do what we can for them….IMO❤️

By: Pauline

Pauline — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:23:46 +0000

We had the same stuff in our stockings. Sometimes our Santa would add the Whitman sampler.

By: Alaine

Alaine — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:03:56 +0000

My stocking had the same! Orange, candy cane, lifesaver story book… maybe not nuts, don’t remember those! Every Christmas I think of that.. ice skating at the park pond, someone always had a fire going in the fireplace in the covered pavilion to escape the cold. I had one of those aluminum saucer things, and in the back alley, on top of a little hill on the neighbors property, we went down that hill across the intersection of the alley all the way down! What fun!! And just walking at night in the silence when it snowed! We would get 2 mail deliveries cause there was so many people sending cards… i use to wait for the postman to get the cards! I still have just 4 of my Moms decorations, I guess you can say it’s molded plastic. Santa, tree, snowman, Rudolph, about 12″ high. All these memories come alive in my mind this time of year…