Things I Wish They’d Do Again
These came in the cardboard cartons of Coca-Cola.
Don’t you wish they’d do this again?
I miss the simple days.
You know, the ones before iPods, computers that can generate anything and Wii.
We had construction paper garlands, presents made from glass baby food jars (which were not hard to find in any family garage in my youth). The days when Coke was a treat you got on the happy day your mom decided you were good enough to go to McDonalds.
Your tree was branchy, not bushy. Maybe it was flocked. Maybe it wore popcorn garlands. A box of toilet paper and rocks wrapped up under the tree just for your brother (a family joke).
For presents we covered bottles with tissue paper and glue and made “vases”. We made paper Santa’s with cotton beards and snowmen. We put on Christmas plays and tie-dyed shirts. We made things from clay.
Is this what happens when you get old – all of the old stuff of your childhood seems better than the new? I remember rolling my eyes when my dad talked about “the good old days”, and yet here I am, doing the same thing…
What things do you remember fondly from your childhood Christmases (or whatever you celebrated)?
Comments
A fond memory....the year my dad was sober?
Mogley G. Retriever
The thing I remember from my childhood was the year we got sleds and NO SNOW.. so we spent the day sitting on the sleds in the livingroom and sewed hundreds of buttons on pieces of cloth.
xoxoxo
My mum remembers da popcorn ball, and paper garlands, and usung real candy canes on da tree, peprmade ornaments with a pound of glitter on 'em. We is lucky though cuz da little girl comes home now with her handmade ornaments...sigh!
Puddles
Jim
Sugars,
Mack
Life has a funny way of taking the joy away, little by little, the older we get. Am I wrong? So rediscover it every day, in some little way.
I think hanging on to memories is one of those joys. =D
I.Want.That.Triangular.Santa.
What a neat freebie!
Elyse and Riley
Love ya lots
Maggie and Mitch
peacons,, organges,, apples,,hard christmas candy... that was in Georgia,, and for 6 girls there was not much,, to get... but what they got... they loved.
love
tweedles
There definitely was not 'theme' Christmas trees.....which I don't like...