A Room Remembered, 824 Liberty Street, The Burg.
The house I grew up in.
Christmas Cards were Hung on this Bannister (and some years
we put twinkle lights and garlands on it).
We often had our Christmas Tree in the corner and
had a fake fireplace decoration we put near that.
There was a mirror on the wall in the room we all looked
at as we combed our hair before heading out the door.
Mom and Dad and my Sisters and Brothers and my Grandma and I
walked up and down these steps. So did our cats and dogs and
rabbit.
Did your Christmas Tree go in the same place each year?
Did you hang Christmas Cards on the Bannister? Did you have
a mirror on the wall you quickly looked at as you combed your
hair heading out the door?
A Room Remembered. God Bless The Ole Burg:)
2 comments:
Mack...We never left home before that last look in the full length mirror behind the door. When my mom and I were out and mom saw somebody not put together properly, she always said, "don't they have a mirror in their house". She worked at Arnold Constables and Voorhees, so she was pretty picky.
Mack, I just love your blog - for these kinds of posts that bring back "the little things" that you don't even realize are in your memory ... but there they are!
In our semi-detached house on Tyler Street, in the block closest to TCHS, we did always put our Christmas tree in the same place. Our living room had a "clipped corner" (not sure why), and it seemed just tailor-made for a Christmas tree, so that's where it went. We, too, had a fake fireplace - it was actually made of corrugated cardboard ("put Tab A into Slot B") made to look like a red brick fireplace with black mantel - so that would be brought down from the attic and placed in the living room so we could hang our stockings!
Christmas cards were taped to the bannister on the main staircase, just like yours were!
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