by Tech M on November 25, 2011
When I was small, undoubtedly going to the
Christmas Tree Shop
and decorating our newly bought was the best part of christmas. I remember walking down the aisles of trees(which seemed to go on forever), looking for that perfect tree which would take front stage in our house. After the careful selection of the tree which was not too tall nor too small, had enough leaves and a suitably wide base, my parents would call the seller over. Then he’d proceed to drilling a hole in the base of the tree and screwing in a stand. We’d then have to travel with the trunk of our car open and the christmas tree stuck between the seats. Then, once we got home, my parents would heave the tree into our living room. Next was the decorating, which was a family event. Apart from the star at the top, only one person ever got to do that. My brothers and I would alternate every year, but we still complained every time.
by Tech M on August 9, 2011
Halloween at our house was a wonderful time! My brothers and I would be outside on the front steps, carving our pumpkins, anxiously awaiting the annual Halloween Parade! All the Elementary school kids in costume, and the Middle and High School bands would line up in the school parking lot, right behind the Chief of Police in his white car. We marched through town and back to school in our Halloween costumes, past the judges’ stand, with all the parents, grandparents, and younger brothers and sisters watching and waving as we went by. In our family, all of our costumes were homemade, and yet we almost always won a prize or two for best costume! Mom would spend hours and hours sometimes, making our costumes out of whatever we had at the house. Sometimes it would be from a favorite movie or television show, other times a character from a book or cartoon. I remember being The “Flying Nun” one year, complete with the hat with ‘wings’, and once I went as Cinderella – half of my costume was a beautiful gown and makeup on that half of my face and my hair done up, the other half was a dress of rags, dirt on that half of my face and my hair ratty and dirty. Another year I won as Raggedy Ann. My brothers won as scarecrows, werewolves, and one even took first place as a little old lady, complete with high-top button-up boots! All in all, our homemade Halloween costumes, thrown together with things we had around the house were always some of the best in the town!
