I'm also a huge fan of chocolate covered cherries. Daddy bought them for me every Christmas, nobody else liked them, so I rationed myself one a day, and ate the whole box. Mother was a fan of filled hard Christmas candy, but I was never cared for the jellied centers.
We always had bowls of Christmas candy sitting around, nuts and a nutcracker in a wooden bowl, orange peelings and cloves simmering on the stove, and Andy Williams crooning Christmas carols on the stereo. I have wonderful Christmas memories of life in the country, snow on the ground, and you would think a fresh cut tree, too. But oh no, we had the aluminum tree with the color wheel that turned the tree colors. We had all blue bulbs, and we would turn off the lights and sit and watch the tree change colors.
When I was really young we did have a real tree with bubble lights. I adore bubble lights, John and Deanna do, too. I wish I still had Mother's, but they're long gone now. Do you know how expensive the old bubble lights from the 40's and 50's are now? They sell on eBay from $500-$750 a set. Amazing, huh.
I'm not decorating this year, we're going to be with John and Deanna at Christmas, and neither one of us wants to drag everything out of the attic. But when Abby is a bit older, we will recreate the sock monkey tree, I think she will love it.
It's been a busy time here, no blogging going on, but things are settling down now and I'll be around more. Hope you are all making great progress with your shopping. And if you buy some ribbon candy this year, eat a piece or two for me. {;o)
~ jan
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