A Christmas Wish

 

May the Spirit of Christmas fill your hearts with Peace, Love and Joy!

 

* Merry Christmas *

 

xox






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Almost Christmas

 

Last weekend I finished my Christmas shopping with my two daughters, Heather and Jennie.

No, they wouldn't pose with Santa.

 



But they did let me snap this photo.
 

Here they are in front of my favorite store, all bundled up against the cold.

 

We had so much fun!

 

 

I'm also done with all of my decorating!

Come along and I'll show you around!

 

This little village sits on my kitchen table. I found the vintage crocheted table runner when I was out shopping with my girls. It had just the right sepia tone to go with my new winter village. The village came plain and I added glitter and gold stars.

 

 

The runner reminds me of snowflakes.

 

 

Another little winter scene under glass on my Hoover cabinet.

 

Scrabble letters spell out 'Joy'.

 

 

I've added simple holiday touches to my cabinet.

 

 

A precious Angel.

 

 

A bottle brush tree in a jar.

 

 

My 'Frostie' root beer bottle.

 

 

 A kitchen shelf displays snowballs in a pressed glass compote with a crystal snowflake overhead.

 

 

My Mother's wedding compote illuminated by a mercury glass candle on another kitchen shelf.

 

 

Candle jars with crocheted snowflakes rest on the windowsill next to a large hand blown blue glass ornament.

 

A small collection of vintage Christmas tins brightens up another small shelf.

Even the pantry goods get a little holiday spirit.

The living room window was not to be forgotten!

It's so nice to relax by the tree sipping hot cocoa in the evening with the Mr.

While watching the crescent moon rise over the snow covered hills.


I hope you are enjoying these last few days before Christmas with those you love.

Do you have your decorating and shopping done?

xx

First Snow

 

It was a winter wonderland.

 

 

 

Snowflakes falling on my nose and eyelashes.

 

 

Sugar coating my world.

 

So peaceful.

 

 

Did I say peaceful?

 

 I meant a frolicking, jumping, running, tumbling world.

 

If they could make snowballs, I would be in trouble.

 

 

Ling Ling watches cautiously from the sidelines.

 

 

The sun came peeking out from the bank of snow clouds

 

 

Captured in the crystals hanging from the tree

 

 

And illuminating the angels

 

Until slowly setting in the winter sky,

 

 

making the hills blush with beauty.

 

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Prayers for Angels

 

 

Please hear our prayers for the innocent victims of the tragedy in Connecticut.

 

Our hearts are broken. 

Christmas 1962

 

I have this great old Reader's Digest from my childhood. Every year I bring it out and have fun reminiscing as I browse through it's wonderful pages.

I thought you might enjoy taking a peek, too.

 

Come along with me as we turn back time......

 

 

 

This is my favorite ad.

 

Three lovely ladies, kicking off their pretty little pumps as they take a Coke break.

Notice the sweet little hats - that leopard hat is quite stylish, don't you think?

 

 

 

 

Here is your early version of a movie camera.

Nearly every family had a movie camera then and played the movies on reel projectors with a screen.

 

We would beg my Dad to 'Play the Home Movies, Pleeeease! ' He would set up the projector and hang the roll-down screen. Our favorite was the one when my beautiful Mom was outside on a summer day walking towards him.

 

Picture her looking like the lady in the coral colored suit. French twist, little skirt. Now picture her trying to look 'becoming' as she walked towards the camera.

 

Now, picture her getting chased by an angry bee.

 

Nuff said.

 

We would laugh and laugh.

 

(No she didn't get stung!)

 

 

This is a full page ad for Sears Appliances. I have a stove similar to the one on the top right! Mine is a year or two older!

 

Wouldn't this make a great garage sale?

 

 

I love this ad with the gold Cadillac and the beautiful couple walking across the cobblestone courtyard. Oh, don't you wish you were them?

 

Cadillac's were very large and impressive then - back in the days when there was plenty of room on the road!

 

Check out those white wall tires.

 

 

Now these are very stylish appliances, don't you think? I do like the concentric circles and the nice wooden handles. Oh, and look at those little ball feet.

 

 

 

I was surprised to see this ad, because I owned a little red Comet, just like this, once.

 

I was expecting my first child and my Dear Blue Eyes, bought me a second hand car, an adorable little Red 1962 Comet.

I loved this little car and would take the long drive over the countryside to visit my Mom (we lived in Oregon) and have lunch with Blue Eyes at his job at the local grocery store.

 

But after a while, my little Comet starting acting up.

 

The lights would suddenly go out on a dark country road. (I had to drive home with a flashlight, once.)

It wouldn't start sometimes.

And then it stalled and I got stranded at the bottom of my Mother's mountain road days before having the baby and had to walk up hill to get help.

 

I don't know what ever happened to that little car, but I was glad to say goodbye.

 

 Although, it was adorable.

 

 

This is a very festive ad for 7-up.

 

I really like the woman's hair 'sparkle'.

Love the big punch bowl, too.

 

Here's the recipe:

 

2 pints cranberry juice

1 quart apple juice

10  7-ounce bottles 7-Up

2 trays 7-Up 'ice' cubes

 

Chill fruit juices and 7-Up.

 

Prepare 7-Up 'ice' cubes by pouring additional 7-Up into 2 ice cube trays. Freeze. At serving time, combine cranberry juice and apple juice in a punch bowl.

 

Slowly pour in 7-Up. Add 'ice' cubes.

 

Makes about 35 punch cup servings.

 

I guess they didn't have the big 32 oz. bottles then. You'll have to do the math.

 

 

Here is another great ad that brings us back to days gone by. Can you imagine how much gas this guzzler must have used?

 

I really, really like the shop windows.

 

Notice the long white gloves on our lady, daintily holding her purse while our gentleman loads the beautiful packages.

 

I guess they allowed sidewalk parking back then!

 

And have you ever tried to get your man to go shopping with you?- Never mind force him to wear a suit and have him so pleasantly load all your packages while you dangle your purse from your delicate gloved fingers!

 

Oh, but we can dream.....

 

 

I'm noticing a theme here, are you?

Appliances for women, fancy cars for men.

 

But I do like that vacuum cleaner. It really does have style!

 

 

 

This article shows the effects of all those car ads!

 

 

And this poor woman - Mother of 15 'Little Me's'; this is an ad for a Maytag washer.

 

Yea, that washer would be traded in for a plane ticket to Hawaii and I would be outta there!

 

I'd leave a nice note though, suggesting the hiring of a maid. And three nannies.

 

Before I would agree to come home.

 

 

And I would demand this incredible little red convertible as payback for raising 15 kids, and a nightly drive to view the sunset.

 

Just me and the Mister.

 

But no hanky panky.

 

15 is enough!

 

Hope you had fun taking a peek back in time.

 

What is your favorite ad?

xx

 

 

xx