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| Christmas tree up with new Led lights |
The tree is
up and the good old decorations are on it.
Lots of old friends hanging up again but with one change! Led light candles which you can turn on with
a remote switch twinkle until I press the off button on my way to bed. No more
wires taped down with sellotape to stop Grandpa tripping as he climbs up the
stairs. This is not the only change but
it is perhaps one of the better ones.
The other changes are most apparent as we write our merry Christmas
cards and going through the address book see how many mates are dropping off
the perch. It used to be change of
addresses added in as they downsized once the children had left home but now
the downsize is disappearance. But in
their place, their children who we knew as tiny babies, nappied newborns,
tentative toddlers and tiresome teenagers have stepped into their/our places
and now take responsibility for banks and airlines and properties and security,
for the nation’s health and education;
they are the mums and dads of today and good on them say I. That feels right and a proper evolution like
led lights, it makes sense.
We are
still here! We have a mixture of
Christmas past and present and in the imminent arrival of a new baby in the
family, we have the future. We have the
tree and the lights and we will keep in contact with the family who are
abroad. We will have the same Christmas
holiday menus, the fridge is already overstuffed, we will break open the best
of drinks and toast the Queen and have lunch when she has given her 90th
year Christmas message. Grandpa will fall asleep in front of the telly, some of
us will struggle with a 750 piece puzzle and just in case the prodigal boy
comes home there is a fish pie in the
freezer and a new bottle of tomato ketchup.
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| The oldest Christmas angel made by Joan Evans 40 years ago |
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