{"id":4142,"date":"2013-12-14T07:20:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2021-01-08T19:37:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T03:37:12","slug":"time-for-the-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2013\/12\/14\/time-for-the-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for the Christmas Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today is the traditional date of the Christmas Tree decoration.<\/p>\n

As I work on this today, I’m thinking of my Mom and all the fun she & I used to have at this time of year.<\/p>\n

Sugar Cookies, in happy holiday shapes. The infamously alcoholic fruitcakes that Mom always made. <\/p>\n

Popcorn and construction paper chains for decorations around the tree and the house.<\/p>\n

The joy when a new package materialized under the tree and wondering what to get Mom. <\/p>\n

See for a number of years it was just Mom & I. Sure on Thanksgiving or Christmas we’d have the relatives over but mostly it was about us. <\/p>\n

We had a ball!<\/p>\n

Ornaments, memories, Black & White TV. <\/p>\n

I remember the address to the first house I lived in.<\/p>\n

When I google it, it’s all different. The house got modified at some point in the past 35 years the owners enclosed the carport making it a small one car garage. The trees that I remember tending as saplings are all gone, as is a larger tree that used to be in the front yard. The grand old oak in the backyard is still standing. From the Street view I can see the room that my parents occupied for a time.<\/p>\n

The neighborhood is, of course all different now.<\/p>\n

One constant is that I can find using Google is the elementary and the middle school. Both were attached to each other via a common lunchroom facility so they occupy a large chunk of space that’s easily visible. <\/p>\n

I remember navigating home from both of them. I walked across a golf course and usually with a group of friends. Unless I got detention. Then I’d be walking alone. <\/p>\n

Both the schools look the same as they do in my memory.<\/p>\n

There’s something comforting in that.<\/p>\n

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Today is the traditional date of the Christmas Tree decoration. As I work on this today, I’m thinking of my Mom and all the fun she & I used to have at this time of year. Sugar Cookies, in happy holiday shapes. The infamously alcoholic fruitcakes that Mom always made.  Popcorn and construction paper chains … <\/p>\n

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