Facebook friend, Debra, was talking about Christmas traditions today. Here is a post from last year on how important it really is to keep up those traditions and how they really do matter. So, if you’ve not cut that tree or put out that creche, do it anyway. Â Will you share one of your most memorable Christmas traditions here? Share with your Facebook friends so they can share too…who knows? Â We may have some new things to add!
Blessings.Â
ML
Traditions
by MARY LOUISE HAGLER on NOVEMBER 28, 2011
in GARDENING
Last week I started one of my demo garden/design talks with a story about tradition. We tend to take the acts that make traditions so meaningful for granted at times.  One of my favorite traditions is decorating for holidays–like Halloween. I began my Halloween decorating fun when the kids were small. Friendly ghosts, all the cute inflatables we could afford. The tackiest house on the block! Now that we’ve approached the teen years, I have a bit more fun with Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birdsâ€. I am the first one in line at Michael’s with arms full of black birds and crows!
A couple of years ago, I decided it would be okay to have an “adult†Halloween–corn stalks, mums and a few pumpkins at the front door. About a week before Halloween, Marianna said, “Mother, when are you going to decorate for Halloween?†That moment cemented the fact that my decorating meant something. All the years of climbing ladders, hanging lights, tying bows- it really matters.
So if you’re trying to decide if it matters to your college freshman whether or not you have a tree or a wreath, it does! Get up on that ladder, girl. ML
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