Kitsch - and - Kin

This picture is of my Mom's mantel - showing the angels she would display every year.

Mom has been gone for over 20 years, and I still have all of these pieces - except the nativity candle in the center.

They have been packed and moved several times and their wings have broken off, but . . . Here they are in my Christmas display, 1999.

And, by the way, Mom crafted the ceramic angels herself.
They are a special part of our Christmas kitsch each year.
The little pink ornament in the center is also quite old now.
My sister had a blue one - they were made to hang over the top
of those big Christmas bulbs - the pinwheel inside
would then rotate because of the heat of the bulb.
They do not work well with the tiny bulbs of today.

The Tree behind the angels was also Mom's.
Looking at these today it is so easy to remember
childhood Christmas celebrations.
Using them brings Mom a bit closer, too.

This angel (now also sans wings) sat atop my girlhood trees

/ / / / / / This is the angel we bought in 1970 the year our oldest daughter was born. One of my email pals described her angel Is this what she looks like, Tiger?

I sort of collect miniature teasets.
This is my Christmas one.
The tree is the teapot - the packages are
sugar, creamer, and cups

Awwwwwwww what a sweet pair!
This was my sister Debbie's first Christmas.
I would have been 23 months old and she would have been 9 months old.

Went to the Tesoro ToGo Store tonight to fuel up
and look who the gramma found there!
Well, I just couldn't resist,
especially as I had the camera with me!

Dear Santa . . . .

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