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Nothing says Christmas like a tree full of tinsel

tamrawilson January 5, 2021 Uncategorized

I’m a purist when it comes to Christmas trees. They should be real (or at least green) and feature large colored bulbs, shiny glass ornaments and tinsel.  It’s true, many of us try to recreate Christmases from our preschool years. My memories predate the aluminum tree craze of the 1960s. In case you missed 1962, every other house at had …

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Why we had this angel and that cat on our tree

tamrawilson December 29, 2017 Uncategorized

It’s about time to take down the Christmas tree. In my family, that was something to do on New Year’s Day while watching the Rose Bowl Parade on TV. For the past 18 years, our Christmas trees have had two ornaments that have extra special meaning: a stuffed cat and the angel topper. They honor my parents. Both suffered dementia …

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Every Christmas tree tells a story

tamrawilson December 6, 2016 Uncategorized

Christmas trees are old news for those of you who put yours up several weeks ago, but there’s a rule in our house. No tree before Thanksgiving, preferably not before Dec. 1. Ours went up today, Dec. 6. There was nothing magic about the date; both of us were home and it seemed like a good idea. Unlike years past, …

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