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From: Glennis <>
Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Staying up for Father Christmas
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:42:38 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <013d01c4e87f$1af3ea60$fbdc8751@NJOvington>


Yes, us too! If we said "she" someone said "who's
she, the cat's mother??" and if we said "hey" they
said.."hay...horses eat it" LOL

I can remember looking out of the window for Father
Christmas and his sleigh. My sister and I always went
to bed early on Christmas Eve so that Christmas would
come sooner. My father would creep into our bedroom
with two very large paper sacks and leave them at the
bottom of our beds. (But I would always hear him!!)

In Hawaii, I would put the presents around the tree,
but on Christmas Eve everyone was allowed to open one
present, this is a tradition that my daughter follows
with her family now.

Glennis
Hawaii

--- Nivard Ovington <> wrote:

> Hi all
> As I may have mentioned I am the youngest of ten, so
> Christmas in our house
> was great fun for us kids, it must have been a
> nightmare for my poor mother,
> although you would never have guessed it. (and Dad
> of course)
>
> She was totally in control (or so it seemed to me
> :-) she (sorry SHE is the
> cats mother!!) anyone ever get that thrown at them??
> <g> it took me ages to
> work it out <g> anyway I digress, my mum was a great
> organiser and always
> seemingly had things sorted.
>
> Christmas Eve was a blur of activity, things being
> baked and the air full of
> wonderful smells, there was always a houseful (as
> you can imagine with a
> large family) cards were played a lot as I remember,
> whist, rummy and
> canasta. We played a lot of board games too,
> Monopoly I think was the
> favourite, made a little bit different as my parents
> would buy foreign sets
> when we were on holiday, it makes it a bit more fun
> when you have to work
> out what each card says before you can do what it
> says <g>
>
> Finally off to bed, it took ages to drop off but
> eventually tired eyes gave
> in, ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
>
> I was about eight when I realised what was going on
> (was that late? I don't
> know?) perhaps testament to my parents keeping up
> the pretence and partly me
> thinking if I admitted I knew I might not get a
> stocking anymore? I kept
> awake one night and saw through squinted eyes my
> mother lay the stocking on
> the bed. I do not recall being to upset and
> thankfully my stocking was still
> there the next year. Phew!! :-)
>
> Stockings were a bit different then, you would get a
> tangerine, possibly
> some nuts, a tin of toffees and some small toys like
> the puzzle where you
> had to slide the bits around to complete it.
>
> You would usually get one main present and a few
> little ones, one year I got
> a Castle with Knights on horseback (the Castle was
> made by one of my older
> brothers) what a thing of beauty it was !! I
> cherished it and many a battle
> was fought on its ramparts.
>
> My children still have a stocking each and the
> eldest is twenty two on the
> 29th Dec !!
>
> At least I do not have to do the creeping in and
> laying on the bed bit now,
> I leave them outside their doors!!
>
> Merry Christmas all
>
> Best wishes Nivard Ovington Cornwall (UK)

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