Today marks the day of the beloved paper chain and countdown to Christmas. I helped my kids make a simple paper chain and it brought back memories of how each year my parents let us each make our own chain. We hung them from the china closet on cute little Christmas stocking holders and we'd get so excited to tear off each chain.
My mom said that I was always a creative child. Sometimes I was described as the 'creative child' with tongue in cheek. When I made my paper chain, it wasn't just paper rings. No, I shaped the paper like teardrops, ribbons, and whatever else I could think of to make it unique.
It's been a long time since I was a ten or twelve-year-old, but I made a little example to show you.
I remember that some people would make fun of my chain and others would admire the creativity. It didn't matter to me because it was MY Christmas chain. And that leads me to the special part of this memory. My mom and dad never discouraged me from being creative. Even when I came up with "unique" ideas that were a bit strange, they didn't criticize. They praised me for looking at things differently and for not being afraid to follow my ideas and create something new.
I'm thankful for my parents--they continue to be my biggest supporters. I love you Mom and Dad!
What do you remember as you prepare for the holidays?
3 comments:
Prepare for the holidays??? I feel like the preparation is over and they are here already slapping me in the face. I am in charge of my ward's Christmas party Saturday and I am spinning! I need to take a page out of your book:)
One of the things I love to remember from when I was a kid at Christmas was our stockings. We lived in the upstairs of a 2 family home and there was an expandable gate that we closed at night across the stairs. Every year this is where we had our stockings hanging. I think my Mom still has those stockings, along with the handprints we all made in kindergarten where the teacher sprayed "snow" over our hands on the red construction paper, then when we picked up our hand, there was the imprint. Love those old memories!
Jessie--I'm sure you'll do great! I hope it goes well, that is such a big job. I think I would cry!
Kristie--I loved hearing about your stockings. Kind of funny, but my family always "hung" our stocking on a chair in the living room on Christmas Eve. We didn't have a fireplace mantle or a good place to hang them, but then it made it so Santa could load them up more with heavy stuff!
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