| Hi there girls....I woke up this morning thinking " It's time to decorate"....I love this time of year ....cradled between Thanksgiving and Christmas....to begin thinking about how I'd like to create Christmas ....I'm not sure why the first thing that came to me was whether or not you can still buy ."TINSEL"....I have wonderful memories of standing beside the tree with Marmie and my sister as we decorated our tree it was always so thrilling ...we would work our way around the tree with the lights...then the ornaments....taking great care as we handled each one...I can remember asking where each ornament came from...some years there was garland....you know the aluminum kind ...in colors like gold, silver, green , or red....I was never a big fan....I thought it took up too much space on the tree...Marmie would step back now and then to observe our progress ...taking time to notice the "empty" spots on the tree....we took great pride as we chose each branch to make the tree look balanced as we chatted with on another...we always had Christmas music on the stereo ...Marmie said we needed it for inspiration....after all the ornaments , lights, and tree skirt were set the last step before hanging the star on the top of the tree was ....opening the box's of ...TINSEL...Marmie would tell us to do the bottom branches while she took care of the top.... |
The best kind of tinsel is the old kind that was made out of lead. It was heavy and really looked more like an icicle than the new stuff. I have some antique tinsel that I sometimes use and I carefully save it because I am sure that sort of tinsel won't be made anymore. Love your Santas and vintage wreath.
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I love Tinsel, when we were kids we would hang it all over the tree, probably too much for the tree but never too much for us kids. Such great memories from my childhood.
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Love,
Debbie
My Christmas memories certainly have tinsel in them! You are making me want to go find OLD pictures of our little trees that we cut out of the woods! I have tears just thinking about those days when both of my Parents were living! It isn't about the STUFF, it is about making memories! Have a blessed day my friend, HUGS!
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