Saturday, December 24, 2011

CHRISTMAS EVE, 1959


WE ALWAYS GOT GOT GIFTS XMAS MORNING, BUT THIS WAS A MEMORABLE YEAR. THAT IS MY VERY FIRST BICYCLE. AND YES, IT'S A GIRL'S AND SHUT UP. WHO KNEW THAT WE REALLY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO GET GIFTS? IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS AN ADULT THAT I LEARNED THE REASON WHY WE GOT OUR GIFTS XMAS MORNING. SEEMS MOM GOT PREGNANT WAY BACK WHEN AND THE FOLKS HAD TO GET MARRIED. THEY WED DECEMBER 24th, BUT THEIR ANNIVERSARY WAS ALWAYS CELEBRATED SEPTEMBER 24th.  SO, IT WAS A CELEBRATION, THEIR SECRET CELEBRATION, BUT ALL WE KNEW WAS IT'S CHRISTMAS. WELL, OUR KIND OF XMAS, THE KIND WITH MENORAHS SCATTERED ABOUT AND STOCKINGS THAT WERE PALE BLUE & WHITE WITH WHITE JEWISH STARS.

OH, THAT PARKING GARAGE? IT HAD A SHORT LIFE. WE ALL DID SOMETHING TO UPSET MUM AND SHE THREW IT DOWN THE CELLAR STAIRS. 
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9 comments:

  1. ayeM8yDecember 24, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    It's all about the juxtaposition of the menorahs
    and Christmas.

    Merry/Hanukkah, Norma.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 25, 2011 at 1:53 AM

    How did you get such sparkly walls?

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  3. DeepBlueDecember 25, 2011 at 6:27 AM

    OMG! This looks exactly like our living room when I was a kiddo: the tv, the clock, the folding chairs, the garage... oops... no menorah!

    Happy Holidays! (This is all getting too complicated for poor little me)
    One week and it's all gonna be over! Phew!
    Hugs
    Jon

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  4. designing wallyDecember 25, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    That is exactly what happened with my mom & dad...
    Oh, and I love the bike!

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  5. The Cool CookieDecember 25, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    Oy - are you the product of a mixed marriage, too?

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  6. normadesmondDecember 25, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    thanks pirate! since i was the oldest, i may have made the menorah of paper, taped to the wall.

    myra: mum was so proud of those tiles. she put those up herself to cover plain bricks. very crafty, before it was so everyday.

    jon: warmed to know we are almost are twins.

    wally: warmed to know we are almost twins.

    cookie: honey, i'm true blue, thru & thru jew. big deal.

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  7. mrpeeneeDecember 26, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    I'm devastated to hear about the fabulous garage. Devastated.

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  8. kabuki zeroDecember 26, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    mothers throwing things, why it must be the holidays! best wishes my darling.

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  9. The MistressDecember 27, 2011 at 5:43 AM

    THAT IS MY VERY FIRST BICYCLE. AND YES, IT'S A GIRL'S AND SHUT UP.

    Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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