We are still enjoying our tree and the lights. I love lights so much! I have so many little lamps, lanterns, string lights, battery lights, votives, candles....I love the effect so much. I keep things lit all year long with my country decorating but I'm thinking of leaving up my red and white ones over the kitchen sink for the Winter :) They looks so nice. Should I?????Yeah, they are staying!
I always enjoyed the week between Christmas and New Year's. As a child I enjoyed that my grandparents were with us from Connecticut. They would come the week before Christmas and go home after New Year's. The wonderful hustle and bustle and cooking! Walking to the Italian specialty store with Grandma and Grandpa to get certain cheeses, bread and sausages for our holiday. On the way to the Italian store we would detour to a little variety store where Grandma always bought me a little something. One year I remember it was a Dawn doll. Remember Dawn? That must be around 1971. And below is me in 1971. I was 6. Wish I still had that little Dawn doll.
New Year's Eve we usually stayed home and played games. We would have Chinese food and watch Guy Lombardo! On New Year's Day it was a great big dinner with Aunts and Uncles and cousins. Wonderful memories.
These days, we just keep it on the down low :) We usually get a bite to eat late afternoon and then go home.I don't like to be out on the road on New Year's Eve. I make up some appetizers to nibble on for the evening and we play games. Crazy eights and "Frozen" Trouble are on the agenda for this year. My son has plans with some neighborhood friends so he is close by. He also has his first "special" gal he's seeing. Oh my.
We have a more quiet week than the old days too. A couple days of visits and the rest just quiet. that's okay--I can play with the things I got for Christmas!
I love the hustle and bustle before Christmas and I love the quieter calmer days after christmas. both are good. sweet memories you have. Im hoping that my little grand pies will have really good memories of me someday too!
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I so enjoyed your sweet, peaceful Christmas memories. It makes me miss my grandparents even more. I spent the weekend and today undecorating. We are leaving for Vegas tomorrow for New Years...they will be getting snow on Wednesday! Snow in Vegas is a rare thing. Which means we'll be frozen statues watching the midnight fireworks. Happy New Year sweet Maggie!
ReplyDeleteIt'll be pretty quiet around here until the guns and fireworks go off at midnight. They usually wake me up! I'm not good at staying up late usually, though here I am tonight.
ReplyDeleteWhen the girls were growing up we'd have friends in to eat and play games. I miss those years. They grow up so fast. You enjoy each moment!
Deb
I knew we were kindred spirits. I still have my dawn dolls!!! Enjoy your time with your kiddos. We are savoring every minute away from work.
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas lights, too! They stay up for awhile at my house, too! Yes, keep the lights in the kitchen. If it makes you happy then that is that! We stay home on New Years Eve, too. snacks and games with the kids! Loved reading about your special memories!
ReplyDeleteI had a Dawn doll! I also had her friends, but stupidly I gave them all to my niece when she was little. BUT, I found some at the flea market several years ago and just had to get them!
ReplyDeleteWish you and your family a Happy New Year, filled with good health and great happiness!
Carol
I still have my Dawn doll! Good times.... good times! You can buy an old Dawn doll on Etsy for under $20 ...... You should get one!
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