One of my favorite memories of Christmases past is gathering at Grancy's and Poosie's to exchange gifts with my grandparents, twelve aunts and uncles and twenty-one cousins.
After celebrating Christmas morning with our immediate families, we would all meet in Grancy's and Poosie's living room around a huge Christmas tree that we had decorated one Sunday afternoon earlier in December. The tree was of the cedar variety that we had carefully selected from south Arkansas woods.
Aunt Mary always passed out the gifts as we all waited anxiously to see what Grancy and Poosie had picked out for us and what we had gotten from the cousin who drew our name. And while those special moments are forever preserved in black and white, the memories are colorful ones of a brightly lit Christmas tree, cheerful packages, and glowing faces of innocent childhood.
14 comments:
What a sweet Christmas memory. I love the picture especially. I wish my extended family still gathered like that. Not sure why we stopped. Those were the days. I am having a giveaway over at my gloryfeathers blog. Be sure to stop by.
Debbie
What a great photograph...I love it!
21 cousins!! That must have been great fun! Pink Blessings!
Gwen
Hi nice to meet you. What a sweet Christmas memory of your family. Wish I had a big one.
Debbie
Kathy, what a sweet memory! I love that pic of your family. That had to be fun with that many cousins!!! I think big families are the best!
Happy Pink Saturday to you...
XO,
Sheila :-)
Large Christmas gathering are one of my fondest memories of Christmas past. I miss the gathering with the older folks and the extended family.
That is so sweet. I just love the memories of days gone by along with the pictures in B&W.
We used to gather like that on Christmas Eve with the cousins. Those are great memories. Thanks so much for sharing yours with us!
Happy Pink Saturday!
What great memories. I loved it when everyone used to get together. What a great picture!
Happy Pink Saturday!
What a wonderful photo and such sweet memories of childhood Christmas. Thank you for sharing them with us. Have a terrific day.
Thanks for sharing your special memories and what I love most is reading what we all called our grandparents. Precious isn't it. Mollye
Oh Kathy, what a perfect family. I bet you had so much fun when you all got together, you can almost feel the excitement in the room. Your story was very sweet, Happy Pink Saturday, Char
Kathy, how lucky you were to be able to spend time with your family. This picture is priceless. Which one is you?
Happy Pink Saturday.
Sweet Christmas memory. This makes me want to dig through my stack of old photos to see if we have any family Christmas photos. ~ Sarah
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