Christmas 2022


I just went looking for the article I read some time back about how Okies (the mother who raised me is half Okie, actually Irish, but everyone in my hometown would call my grandpa an Okie) tend to put oranges in stockings. And then fell down a rabbit hole about how the tradition goes even further back than the Great Depression.
We always had oranges and grapefruit in our stockings as a child.
 
The salvation army band on a truck playing carols.
Not being able to sleep
Random small gifts in a pillow case to keep us quiet till 9.00 ish.
 
When I was raising my two kids, there was one Christmas I will never forget. I was divorced, my ex was fighting paying child support, I didn't have much money. One Christmas Eve, I decided I was going to spend my last $5 on a tree. I was going to give my kids a Christmas memory no matter how broke I was. So we went to a tree lot, and I'm thinking I'll be lucky to afford a 3 footer. My kids were probably 6 and 9 at this time. There weren't many trees left. The tree worker sold me a 6 footer for $5, with no bargaining. I was in tears. My kids were so happy. :)
 
When I was raising my two kids, there was one Christmas I will never forget. I was divorced, my ex was fighting paying child support, I didn't have much money. One Christmas Eve, I decided I was going to spend my last $5 on a tree. I was going to give my kids a Christmas memory no matter how broke I was. So we went to a tree lot, and I'm thinking I'll be lucky to afford a 3 footer. My kids were probably 6 and 9 at this time. There weren't many trees left. The tree worker sold me a 6 footer for $5, with no bargaining. I was in tears. My kids were so happy. :)
Good job , I see my daughter soon, at 6. We used to go find trees to cut.
 
When I was raising my two kids, there was one Christmas I will never forget. I was divorced, my ex was fighting paying child support, I didn't have much money. One Christmas Eve, I decided I was going to spend my last $5 on a tree. I was going to give my kids a Christmas memory no matter how broke I was. So we went to a tree lot, and I'm thinking I'll be lucky to afford a 3 footer. My kids were probably 6 and 9 at this time. There weren't many trees left. The tree worker sold me a 6 footer for $5, with no bargaining. I was in tears. My kids were so happy. :)
A perfect example of a mom everyone should have
 
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