I have always loved Christmas.  I love the music, the hustle and bustle, buying gifts, making and eating good things.  It’s all good.  Growing up, one of the best parts of the gift giving was our Christmas stockings.  When my sister and I were born, our great aunt knit each of us a Christmas stocking.  She was quite an accomplished knitter and our stocking reflect her talent.  They are embellished with sequins and jingle bells, angora yarn for Santa’s beard and at the very top, she knit in our names and our year of birth.  We both treasure them.

The practical part of these stocking is that they stretch and allow for lots of things to be put in them.  As my sister and I got older, we began doing stocking for our parents.  Once married, everyone continued to get stockings–adults and children.  I always felt bad that I was the only one in our family who had such a special “sock”.  I told a family friend about my stocking and soon afterward, she had made my husband one.  Later, she also made one for our first son.  Then, when son number two came along, Dan’s grandmother made him one.

Now I’m thinking that I’d like to continue this tradition for our daughter-in-law and new grand daughter.  I have a whole year to work at it.  I’m counting on all of you to prod me on.  I know how special mine is to me.  Thanks Aunt Lucille for a gift that has been treasured for so long!

HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY!