Decided to start scanning in some vintage Christmas cards.
Mouse and candle card.

Put the new Christmas background on the blog.
Figured out how to put labels on, so the blog can be searched.

A post I made on a site last year (2008) at Christmas.
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I was decorating our tree this morning, and remembering...

One year a long time ago, we had very little money for Christmas. That was normal for a country family with 5 kids.

But this year I had wanted doll clothes. I knew we had no money and I wouldn't get them, but I wanted store-bought clothes.

I woke up Christmas morning, and all over the tree were hung dozens of little clothes - my Mom had knit little caps and scarves out of scraps, sewn fancy little dresses, delicate petticoats out of doilies, even made jewelry!

It turned out she had been working for weeks to get them made and hidden so I wouldn't find them.

As I hung a little red-and-green cap and scarf on the tree this morning, I remembered that year...

I thought you might like the memory, too.

Jimmy's Legacy

Winnie The Pooh & Santa Too - A Starburst promotional booklet -undated