Speaking about advent calendars made me remember what my mother did. The first Christmas each of us had away from home, she made an Advent Box. There was something wrapped up for each day of December up to Christmas. The packages were numbered, and we had to seach for the right one each day.
The first year she spent December alone after Dad died, I made her a box. It can be interesting, and even challenging, to find 25 small gifts for a person. Maybe, today, I'll get my Christmas wreath out of the attic and get it decorated for this year. I save the grapevine base and put fresh greenery on it each year. I made the base from a single, long, vine several years ago. It has very large fir cones hanging from it. With a red ribbon, and fresh greens, it looks quite gay (and unique). Alice in Oregon -- where it's very cold, foggy, and there's snow on the higher elevations but not in my town. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
