vintage memories
With a multitude of holidays, family time and traditions, winter offers a plethora of memories from years gone by. We asked you to share your recollections, and here are our favorites. Season The Christmas I was six years old and Santa Claus brought my Tiny Tears doll and a red cradle for her to sleep in. - Sharon Ousley Tis the
Riding home from midnight Mass, trying to stay awake and looking at the sky to spot Santa. It was a 15-minute drive, but never DID see a trace. My Mother told us he prob- ably hadn’t gotten to the United States yet. It was the same story every year. I was the oldest child so no sibling to be the spoiler and I got to keep up the pretense for at least five years after I “found” out (which was the worst Christmas ever). - Patricia Wurtz Wickam
Making popcorn balls in the tiny kitchen of my grand- parents farmhouse. It was my grandfather who got the sticky goo to just the right temperature after we had cooked iron skillets full of popcorn and dumped them into overflowing bowls. - Annie Stowe
1985, I was 8 years old. My mom ticked me
off because she wouldn’t let me open a present a few days early. I proceeded to take her present, which fittingly was a “world’s greatest mom” mug and threw
Walking down the abandoned railroad tracks near my lil hometown of La Belle with my buddy in search of that perfect Christmas tree. - Ron English
Singing “Jingle Bells” with my mom as we drove home with a giant tree hanging out the back of our Chevy Chevette. I was 5. Even though we were both dressed in our 70’s puffer coats, we were freezing! We still talk about it like it was yesterday! - Amanda Curtis
it out the front door. My mom, in retali- ation, grabbed her car keys, unlocked the trunk of her car, and proceeded to throw my presents across the street. I may have an exaggerated memory of this incident, but it is by far my favorite holiday “memory.” - Tamie Lynne McGranahan
Gathering all the icing and candies and other goodies to build and decorate our graham cracker houses at Grandma’s house. - Lindsay Fry
Images adapted with a cc license from flickr.com: gingerbread house by whistlepunch; train tracks by dennis; popcorn balls by Raymond Bryson; and pine tree by Savannah Roberts.
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