Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Veronique Doherty

Christmas Traditions

Christmas Stockings come in all different styles, some are for babies some are for dogs some are for cats. They come in all different colors red, green, camo and themes; Disney, snoopy, super hero’s and star wars. Inside these stockings you can find all kinds of surprises some costing more than many of the gifts under the tree. But when I was a little girl we didn’t have stockings. We had plain old brown paper bags the kind the give you at the grocery store when they say “paper or plastic”. They were rolled down at the top so they would stay open. They were always filled with the same thing, fruits, nuts and lots of candy. Hard candy, soft candy, chocolate, yummy! So on Christmas morning we would have lots of gifts some wrap some not. But it was the plain old brown paper bag that I would go to first to make sure I had enough nourishment to open my gifts. This memory warms my heart. It was a simpler time.