…while many of you are busy preparing for Christmas dinner I’m having a little down time
Our big Christmas celebration took place last night on Christmas Eve. My husband has long enjoyed the German tradition of opening gifts on the 24th since we first met 42 years ago. Now that our children are grown and have significant others we only prepare Christmas dinner every other year and this is that year. Later today we will be driving to Hamilton to enjoy a dinner prepared my daughter and her husband.
I thought I would take this time to share some of the highlights of this years Christmas season. As many of you know I’m a teacher librarian/art teacher. I essentially teach every student in the school for library and I have four classes that I do art with.
The week before Christmas I started receiving gifts from students and their families. There’s always one gift that stands out for me and this one brought a huge smile to my face and I couldn’t wait to share it with my colleagues and friends.
One of my grade one students brought me a small box that he had clearly wrapped himself and very proudly handed it to me. When I unwrapped the paper I discovered that the box was from Juicy Couture. 
When I read the name out loud, T very quickly declared that the box had nothing to do with what was inside. When I opened the lid I couldn’t help but smile for inside the box lay an angel that he had clearly made himself.
He used masking tape, paper and marker to create this little gem. Today it sits prominently on my Christmas tree, just below our angel tree topper. Aren’t kids wonderful?
Hopefully I’ll have more stories to share throughout the week.
Merry Christmas to all and happy holidays.
Carol
Mama Cormier 
Merry Christmas, Carol. Enjoy that new grandbaby!
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Thank you Rosemarie, I certainly plan on enjoying her as I’m sure you enjoy your grand baby. Merry Christmas!
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Our tree is still graced with many handcrafted pieces made of milk bottle tops, glitter, toilet rolls and such. These are the best decorations.
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As my children start setting up their own homes I’ve been giving them ornaments from years past. Each year our trees gets smaller and can’t possibly hold all the decorations we’ve accumulated. It’s nice that some of them are being appreciated by the next generation.
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Ditto. I’m passing on decorations too.
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So precious! Gifts of the heArt are the best
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This one was special to me because I’ve taught this little guy for two years and he’s quite the chatterbox.
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I love the crooked little smile on the angel’s face. You’re right … that gift is very precious! 🙂
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I also love it because it was made with love and he couldn’t wait to give it to me.
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I love the Angel, I would have never thought to make one like that – great creativity! My mother always kept her German tradition of Christmas Eve when we would be visited by the KristKind and St Nikolaus Day on Dec 6. It is always nice to hear when someone else celebrates a German Christmas. Merry Christmas to you and your family. 😉
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Thank you Patty. We had a wonderful 3 days of Christmas with the family. I have to admit though that I’m looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow and hopefully this cold that I’ve had will start to disappear.
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I am just getting caught up from being sick over the holidays too – hope you are feeling much better.
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Thank you, the cold is long gone. I just hope that it doesn’t come back when everything goes back to normal here. That’s usually when I get sick. Luckily I’m not sick very often.
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