Annually on Thanksgiving Day I remind hubby it is time. Time for what you may wonder. Time for putting up the outside Christmas display that grows yearly. Although it does not rival the Osmond Family Christmas Display yet, hubby insists it soon will. (He is exaggerating.) Full nativity display, blowup globe, Christmas trees, Winnie, Mickey, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
On Turning On The Christmas Lights
I live in a Gold Medallion TOTAL Electric Home. Back in the mid-60′s it was the wave of the future. Then when Nixon declared an energy crisis and building gas heated homes was temporarily verboten, it was the only way to go. Times have changed, and I tell you that my electric bill is astronomical [...]
My Love Affair
Christmas and Easter were different from other days because those were the two occasions each year that my parents took me to church. I thought new clothes was a prerequisite so the one Christmas I didn’t get any, I thought something was wrong. Looking back, I suppose things were tight economically then. It must have [...]
Changing Market
Just before Christmas, we went WDW to see the holiday displays, Christmas, trees and gingerbread houses. The trees outside each park were gorgeous. I was especially taken by the one at the entrance to the Animal Kingdom with its beastie ornaments. The carousel at the Beach Club was a tasty morsel that I wished I [...]
Simply Grand
The boys started going to Disney back in 1985, The first time it was June–too hot–so we tried another season. Next was December 1985–Christmas crowds–so we tried yet another season. Soon it was Easter 1987–more crowds–so we tried one more time. We decided to try for November 1988–just perfect weather with room to move. Booked [...]
