tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862657584005341581.post83936055934638752..comments2024-03-22T18:18:40.689+11:00Comments on A la mode frangourou: Guest post: Hazel Edwards on ChristmasSophie Massonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120276318219561859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862657584005341581.post-90161287117219535362012-12-18T07:50:11.292+11:002012-12-18T07:50:11.292+11:00Dear Hazel - as with so much in your life - your C...Dear Hazel - as with so much in your life - your Christmases sound so inventive!! My favourite Christmas memory was the excitement of seeing what came out of those pillow cases - often the last to appear was a squashed apricot or nectarine! My mother seemed to equate the new season's fruit with Christmas!! Often a larger 'special' gift - such as the first bike - was hidden somewhere and a piece of string the only indication of more to come! Lost in the excitement of moment meant that Mum or Dad had to 'find' the string and start the hunt for what lay at the end!! It's a lovely time with children to spoil. For me Christmas is about catching up with friends neglected throughout the year! I must give you a ring Hazel!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862657584005341581.post-51872577825275582542012-12-16T11:22:30.319+11:002012-12-16T11:22:30.319+11:00Sounds lovely, Hazel! I don't do Christmas eit...Sounds lovely, Hazel! I don't do Christmas either, of course, bring Jewish, and we tend to keep the gift giving for children- some holidays involve new clothes and Chanukah involves money. On Purim you give gifts of food to your family and friends. Making your own is nice, though. I make chocolates and jewellery for my friends "of the Nazarene persuasion" and give virtual gifts of goats and such. My friend who loves feeding people is getting a virtual food basket. I, too, have been known to write things(your grandson is lucky to ave a children's writer for a nana). One year I wrote a bunch of Mary Sue stories in which my female friends all got to be in a story with their hero of choice ( one of them wanted King Arthur, which was fun).Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com