Christmas Memories #15--
Blue Willow tableware and cinnamon apple slices...
Most years we would be in Eastern Kansas for Christmas Eve and leave my
Great Aunt's house shortly after breakfast and opening stockings to
head to SW Missouri to visit my Grandpa McClimans and Grandma Wanda. I
always looked forward to this visit because my aunt, Karen, is only a
couple of years older than I am, and she had brothers close to my age
also.
Grandma Wanda always served Christmas dinner on her Blue
Willow tableware. She was a great cook, always going all-out with the
fixings and sides. The one thing I remember her ALWAYS serving with
dinner was cinnamon apple rings and that was the only time of the year I
would have them, and she was the only person who ever served them.
One of the many memories I have of spending Christmas with them is the
year we all (Karen, James, and I) got our own Kodak Disk cameras. Mine was actually the "LeClic" pictured below...it was better than the Kodak because it was pink, purple and teal! We
thought we were the coolest kids in the world with those cameras! They
were cutting edge!
Christmas Memories #6--
Every year we would go to
Bronson, KS for Christmas and stay at my Aunt Geri's house. Santa
always knew where to find us and filled our stockings with goodies
there. The stocking always had an orange in the toe, some nuts, and then
other gifts/toys.
I can't remember many of the gifts, but the one I
remember being super excited about was the multi-purpose pocket knife
that had a fork on one side and a spoon on the other! (I was in Girl Scouts and it was perfect for using when camping.)
It's funny how we
remember (and appreciate) the small things...like the oranges in the toe
of the stockings. (and now I live in FL where we can pick fresh oranges
off of the trees for Christmas)
