Christmases Past

Times and toys were simplier in the "good ol' days".

Blocks, dolls, balls. And boxes. 

Do you all remember playing with boxes? 

The first toy I remember wishing for, for Christmas,

was a life-size baby doll.  And I did get a big baby doll that year.

It wasn't the one I had picked out in the catalog

but I learned to love that baby, and to sew for her

and I loved my Vickie Darlene! 

Vickie Darlene still lives in my heart (and in a box in the closet)

and is now about 55 or 56 years old, herself!  Poor baby!

Look, here is the little stove the children still use.

Johanna got it for Christmas about 1982. 

She looks to be about 3 in this photo so

that little stove is going on 28 years old!

We still play with some of those dishes too.

And Craig, I'm sure there's some GI Joes

in that pile of packages.  There's a few

of those guys still hiding out around this house too.

Kristy and Erica, I wish we could see what you

girls got for Christmas that year.  Do either

of you remember what you might have wished for in 1982?

Now, this year, Christmas 1975,

Kristy and Erica each got a home-made robe, with hood.

I'm not sure they knew the robes were homemade

but those little flannel gowns stood them in good stead,

wrapping up shivering little girls after a bath.

They also each got a dolly, a doll bed and blankets. 

They each had a new night gown from Great Gramma Sychra.   

There were a few more things too, but not many

and an orange and candy cane in your stocking.

Write down your memories . . .