THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
No, not the VERY first Christmas.....I am referring for the first christmas that my husband and I shared.....well not even the first one we spent together, but our first married Christmas. Christmas as husband and wife! We had only been married a little over a month, and had no money to buy a christmas tree. I was so happy when my dad went out and bought a tabletop artificial tree for himself and mom, and offered their old artificial tree to me. It was 5 foot at best, and dad had nailed it to a wooden platform to make it taller! Over the years, one family member or the other, had fallen into its branches and/or knocked it over, so it had several "bare spaces". But that was ok.
I got the tree into the apartment and then i thought hmmmm, no decorations. And of course, no money for decorations. The next day i went to the store and bought several bags of bows (the sticky back kind that you put on your gifts).....they were 2 bags for .99! I put a bow on almost every branch of that tree, and then cut out a cardboard star and covered it with aluminum foil. And there it stood, the tree!!!
The week of Christmas, the weather was warm. Typical florida Christmas. I can remember feeling disappointed. I was so hoping for a "cooler" christmas. Two nights later, temps dropped! Low for florida anyway. It was sort of magic.
On Christmas eve, i remember making hot chocolate for us. I bought those little marshmallows (back in the day, you didnt get those little freeze dried ones inside the hot chocolate pack), and i also had the bright idea to use candy canes as "stirrers" for the hot chocolate. Victor loved it. Me, not so much. I dont know why i didnt realize that as it stirred it would melt and i was NOT a peppermint fan. But somehow, for a few years after, that became a tradition.
I dont remember the gifts that year, or even if there were any. But i've never forgot the wonderful memories. The tree with the bows, the cold weather and even the hot chocolate with the candy cane stirrer.
No, not the VERY first Christmas.....I am referring for the first christmas that my husband and I shared.....well not even the first one we spent together, but our first married Christmas. Christmas as husband and wife! We had only been married a little over a month, and had no money to buy a christmas tree. I was so happy when my dad went out and bought a tabletop artificial tree for himself and mom, and offered their old artificial tree to me. It was 5 foot at best, and dad had nailed it to a wooden platform to make it taller! Over the years, one family member or the other, had fallen into its branches and/or knocked it over, so it had several "bare spaces". But that was ok.
I got the tree into the apartment and then i thought hmmmm, no decorations. And of course, no money for decorations. The next day i went to the store and bought several bags of bows (the sticky back kind that you put on your gifts).....they were 2 bags for .99! I put a bow on almost every branch of that tree, and then cut out a cardboard star and covered it with aluminum foil. And there it stood, the tree!!!
The week of Christmas, the weather was warm. Typical florida Christmas. I can remember feeling disappointed. I was so hoping for a "cooler" christmas. Two nights later, temps dropped! Low for florida anyway. It was sort of magic.
On Christmas eve, i remember making hot chocolate for us. I bought those little marshmallows (back in the day, you didnt get those little freeze dried ones inside the hot chocolate pack), and i also had the bright idea to use candy canes as "stirrers" for the hot chocolate. Victor loved it. Me, not so much. I dont know why i didnt realize that as it stirred it would melt and i was NOT a peppermint fan. But somehow, for a few years after, that became a tradition.
I dont remember the gifts that year, or even if there were any. But i've never forgot the wonderful memories. The tree with the bows, the cold weather and even the hot chocolate with the candy cane stirrer.
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