[Magdalen] Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.

[Joseph Cirou]

About the only thing like that that I had was the crib my father started to
make in 30's (going out and picking up rocks; using oil cloth etc) They
bought a small set from Germany it may have been my grandmother's I don't
know the history of it. After we sold the house I took that crib which was
in several canisters and a large container to Christ the Redeemer where the
sacristan (who was a dressmaker) fashioned a gorgeous display with
multitudinous colored cloths. It remained there when I moved to Atlanta.

I still have a few of our ornaments from the 40's that I put out every
year. I guess you'd call them folk art.

Joe

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>
>  When I was cleaning out my family home in NW Wisconsin in 1998
>> after my mother died at 98, I came upon a birthday card that had
>>
>
> When finally going through all my mother's cartons when we moved, I came
> across envelopes of the Christmas cards my grandparents received in 1929,
> 1930 and 1931. I know they moved at the end of the year those years, so
> knowing my grandmother, she put the cards in the envelopes each year
> intending to update her Christmas Card list, but never got "a round tut."
>
> As they saved Christmas wrapping for re-use (heaven help my sisters or
> myself if we tore the paper on a present!) they also saved the From/To
> tags. at the bottom of the Christmas Tree Ornament box are dozens of these
> from/to from relatives who are long dead.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>