My Favourite Things . . .

 

These are a few of my favourite things.  Maybe some of them are yours also!  A few of the things which catch my eye, inspire me, pluck at my heart strings, make me smile, or that I just enjoy. I hope that they will do the same for you.   

 

Getting surprises in the post.  Lovely hand painted card with the sweetest tree ornament.  Its a candy apple red Kitchen Aid Mixer and look what's in it!  A picture of my book. So sweet! Monique thinks I am a star baker.  I am grateful for her thoughtfulness and her confidence in me!  

  

Ribbon Candy. Do they still make it?  Mom used to get a whole mix of candy each Christmas. We only ever got Candy at Halloween (and we had to beg door to door for that), Christmas and Easter!  

   

There would be a plastic tub of these!  So colourful!  Some of them tasted spicy like cloves or cinnamon.  I loved the ones that were like slices with a picture in the middle.  There would be a candy dish of these on the coffee table. We would still have to ask if we could have one.  

  

We would get one or two of these on Christmas Day.  Sometimes on a stick, but more often not.  You could not bite them.  It was impossible to crunch them up. They had to be sucked and savoured.  

  

Christmas Corsages. Mom always had one. I used to wish I could have one too!  So sparkly and festive! 

 

Christmas Specials on the television.  Most shows had them.  There would be hour-long specials on the Dean Martin Show, and Red Skelton, Bing Crosby and others.  So entertaining.  You can still watch some of them on YouTube.   

  

It was the one time of the year when the house was decorated gaudy and brite.  Very colourful! 

 

Watching dad put the Lights on the Christmas Tree.  No matter how carefully they had been put away the year previous they would be all a-tangle.  We would sit on the sofa watching in silence, lest we irritate him. Would he swear?  Perhaps a bit, but it was always in French so we didn't understand, lol. 

 

Silver icicles on the tree.  Almost impossible to find now.  

  

The Christmas catalogues.  Sears always sent the Wish book. It would arrive  in mid September probably . . . 

 

Eatons had theirs also.  We would spend hours looking through them while we compiled our lists for Santa Claus.  The pages would be worn out by the time Christmas rolled around.  In the new year we could play with them, cutting things out etc.   Such a fun time! Our expectations were very low. 

 

Rupert Annuals.  My sister got one one year from one of my mother's relatives.  I remember it had magic paint with water pages.  I coveted it. 

  

I still watch it every year. It would not be Christmas without seeing this. 

  

This was a favourite also, with Burl Ives singing  . . . 

  

Christmas morning always included one of these and a brand new box of crayons.  I still love the smell of new crayons.  These kept us busy for hours.  

 

Seeing mom all dressed up and ready to go out to a Christmas Party/dance and New Years with my dad. (THIS IS NOT A PICTURE OF HER)  She always smelled so lovely . . .  MaGriffe Perfume  . . . and she looked so pretty.  She swished  . . .  or at least her dress did.  Dad always looked so handsome in his suit.  She would get the babysitter to take a photo of them together.  My dad would also take a photo of just her.  I wish I had some of those photos now  . . . 

  

The "Before Christmas Morning" photo that Santa Claus always took  It mysteriously appeared every year.  Again this is not one of ours. We never got presents so grand as this. Our Christmas's were much more modest, but just as exciting.  

  

The excitement of a school Christmas Concert. So much fun!  

  

The annual Nativity play  . . .  

   

The annual visit to Santa at his grotto.  A chance to get in one last request. 

 

Letters from Santa  . . .  

  

Going to church on Christmas Eve with my dad  . . . . 

 

The smell of roasting turkey combined with the smell of the Christmas Tree and that Christmas candy.  Ambrosia . . . 

I guess you could just say Christmas is one of my favourite things!

A thought to carry with you  . . . 

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 *Christmas magic is silent.

You don't hear it, you feel it,

You know it, you believe it.

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In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Orange Glazed Pork Roast.  Delicious!

Have a wonderful Thursday.  Its another rainy one here and its election polling day. We will be voting later on.  Whatever you get up to don't forget! 

 
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And I do too!