christmas celebration: An Earlier and Simpler Time
- 12/18/20 04:56 AM
As a young child I had the opportunity to spend several Chirstimas’s on my grandparent’s farm in northern Wisconsin. What I remember is stringing popcorn and cranberries with my Swedish grandmother on the freshly cut pine tree which was placed on the recently in the small living area. The lights were actually small candles with a clip to be attached to the branches. My father would add the angel to the top of the tree. Then my grandmother would carefully light each candle.
There were some gifts under the tree. Yet what was even more present was the simple joy of being … (13 comments)
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As a young child I had the opportunity to spend several Chirstimas’s on my grandparent’s farm in northern Wisconsin. What I remember is stringing popcorn and cranberries with my Swedish grandmother on the freshly cut pine tree which was placed on the recently in the small living area. The lights were actually small candles with a clip to be attached to the branches. My father would add the angel to the top of the tree. Then my grandmother would carefully light each candle. 
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