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[thrylos]

When and where I was growing up, we did not have Santa. Christmas was a fairly solemn religious holiday (even though we never fasted) with a more spiritual meaning. My mom used to have a Christmas tree every year. The same artificial sorry looking tree that was stored in a large dusty box in the crawl space above the bathroom (that's where the

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[willowing]

happy holidays to you too! :)

[thrylos]

thank you! happy holiday to you and yours, too :)

[lettresouvertes]

i'm moved reading this-i love the way you tell the stories of the holidays,your memories..charming.
sounds like you were a poet even as a boy.

[thrylos]

thanks! i've never been a poet but these memories were bugging me to come out for a few days

[cianxylona]

oh i thoroughly enjoyed this!

[thrylos]

thank you. it was fun writing it

you ...

[purple7luv]

i loved reading this and
i thank you for writing it.

i loved learning (this much) more about you.
~
i can almost see and HEAR you and baby brother
a caroling... mmm mmm mmm.

This is precious.

&hearts

(ps: you are so much cuter than chicken louse ;)

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[thrylos]

mmmmmmmmmm
i so love you

chicken louse was a cute chubby baby with hair on top of his head :)

and you don't want to hear me caroling :)