30 years ago Christmas
I was just married that summer, it was wonderful to celebrate a holiday in a new was with someoneyou love and care for. i grew my first poinsettia crop. We were anticipating oysters fresh from the Chesapeake Bay and best of all Jeannette our first daughter was on the way.
I had a job in my family business i was the fourth generation grower to step in. I grew a poinsettia tree for our house and hung balls of boxwood from the ceiling. i also went in the back woods to cut a christmas tree,,,,the manly thing to do. Well i think we went and bought one anyway. What i could find in the woods was a definite Charley Brown tree.
Baltimore had open ice skating rinks we used. My wife and i would go visit my aunt in the nursing home. She had arthritis. I would read scripture and she would mouth the words. We would singas well….fortunately i married well in that regard. The old rugged cross was her favorite.
At work I bagged hundreds of poinsettias for delivery in our trucks. then i delivered some. I also had a route with my grandfather delivering poinsettias to neighbors and family close by. This is one of my favorite things to do. My grandmom would of course make cookies. not a few but a lot of cookies. Ones with dates they are my favorite. Also, very thin sugar cookies in variouse Christmas shapes.
On Christmas morning I started my long tradition of checking the plants in the greenhouse for water needs. Christmas was always celebrated at my grandparents when i waas growing up
these are some of my memories what are some of yours?
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