[Magdalen] Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.

[Marion Thompson]

Even though I loved the look, I resisted putting tinsel on the tree, 
because my mother insisted that it be saved after. :-(

May you and Dawn have a very holy time together this Christmas.

Marion, a pilgrim
On 12/23/2014 4:45 PM, Jon Egger wrote:
> One of the odd things my mother did when we were kids in the 1960s (she
> died Christmas morning in 2010) was to save the tinsel that she hung on the
> tree.  She felt a Christmas Tree wasn't a true tree unless it had tinsel on
> it.  I wonder if, her being a child of the depression, made her save
> things...but tinsel?  That must have been made of gold, not silver.
>
> +++
> Grace & peace,
> jon
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/24/14, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> Your listgiv arrived today. Thanks very much. I loved the card (which is
>>> described elsewhere) and will enjoy the cd from St. Bartholomew's
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> From: Joseph Cirou
>>>>
>>>>   About the only thing like that that I had was the crib my father
>> started
>>>>> to
>>>>>
>>>> There was the story about the Michigan relatives in a Dutch Reform
>> Church
>>>> that had never previously decorated nor set up a creche.
>>>>
>>>> And when their new Pastor decided they needed one and asked for a crib,
>>>> the cousins were puzzled but dutifully dismantled (to get through the
>>>> door)
>>>> and re-assembled a corn crib.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jim Guthrie
>>>>