Having a gift to open made Mom as giddy as a teenager getting dressed for her first date. She kept that childlike recipient-enthusiasm her whole life. Imagine her excitement when her oldest child, my sister, showed up a couple of days before Christmas laden with packages for the whole family–two for Mom.
Christmas morning. Mom opened her first package, a beautiful sweater. Her reaction wasn’t quite what my sister expected. Suspiciously, Sissy picked up the discarded wrap, examined it, gave Mom the evil eye and said, “You opened it early and taped it back up! You opened both of them!” Hehehe.
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Thank you, Jacqueline. I’ll check it out!
I’m really not very good with gift wrapping. This is a Christmas box that I tied a ribbon on just for the photo. Glad you liked it.
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What a lovely Christmas memory and it’s lovely of you to take the time to share it. Loved the photograph of the nicely wrapped pressie too! I also wanted to say I’m passing on The Reader Appreciation Award on to you and your lovely blog. You can find out the details in my recent couple of posts. Congrats!
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Sweet memory.
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Thanks, Lynn. It’s one of my favorites. It tells a great deal about my mom and her personality.
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Lovely memory
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Thanks, Caroline. I think of that Christmas fairly often.
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Wonderful “Christmas Memory” and it’s now officially entered in the contest!
Marylin
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Thanks, Marylin.
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