Christmas Ornaments Day 20
From now until Christmas I am going to post one picture a day of an ornament that means something to me and why. I hope it will get me back into the habit of writing again and I think it it’s a neat idea and some interesting things can come out. So spread the cheer.
These two ornaments of figure skaters are just two of several we got from Helen. Asides from the figure skaters there are angels and people dressed in finery. But the skaters always captured my attention. I remember playing with them before I’d have to sacrifice them to the tree, spinning the figurines through their routines. (Now that I am thinking of it, I played with Christmas things a lot when I was little).
Helen lived just down the road from my grandmother. She was friends with my grandmothers, her husband fished with mom’s dad and both my parents were friends with her kids. Me I simply loved her. Her house was so much fun she had a giant lilac tree next to it, a large caged area of doves, and a rusted old pump in her yard that my mother hated to see me drink out of. So of course it was that much more desirable to me.
This is Kathleen, myself, and Helen most likely Christmas in the late 80’s. Sorry the quality isn’t the best our scanner isn’t working right so it’s a picture of a picture. I went scrounging around in the photo box but this was the one where I looked the oldest. While Helen was only in my life for a short time I remember her and the time I spent with her very well.
As a bonus another item I used to play with at Christmas time.
Sharp eyes might notice it has been moved since the peek I showed of it earlier. This isn’t actually the whole set that I used to play with. When I was 4 I was playing with the nativity early Christmas morning amusing myself until I could open the presents. I accidentally dropped Joseph off a table and down the steps decapitating him and proceeded to hightail it back to bed, where I could possibly have been the cause of the accident, that didn't work. For several years after Joseph had pieces of his head missing until mom found a replacement that fit in with the set. See I told you I did a lot of playing with Christmas minutiae.
These two ornaments of figure skaters are just two of several we got from Helen. Asides from the figure skaters there are angels and people dressed in finery. But the skaters always captured my attention. I remember playing with them before I’d have to sacrifice them to the tree, spinning the figurines through their routines. (Now that I am thinking of it, I played with Christmas things a lot when I was little).
Helen lived just down the road from my grandmother. She was friends with my grandmothers, her husband fished with mom’s dad and both my parents were friends with her kids. Me I simply loved her. Her house was so much fun she had a giant lilac tree next to it, a large caged area of doves, and a rusted old pump in her yard that my mother hated to see me drink out of. So of course it was that much more desirable to me.
This is Kathleen, myself, and Helen most likely Christmas in the late 80’s. Sorry the quality isn’t the best our scanner isn’t working right so it’s a picture of a picture. I went scrounging around in the photo box but this was the one where I looked the oldest. While Helen was only in my life for a short time I remember her and the time I spent with her very well.
As a bonus another item I used to play with at Christmas time.
Sharp eyes might notice it has been moved since the peek I showed of it earlier. This isn’t actually the whole set that I used to play with. When I was 4 I was playing with the nativity early Christmas morning amusing myself until I could open the presents. I accidentally dropped Joseph off a table and down the steps decapitating him and proceeded to hightail it back to bed, where I could possibly have been the cause of the accident, that didn't work. For several years after Joseph had pieces of his head missing until mom found a replacement that fit in with the set. See I told you I did a lot of playing with Christmas minutiae.