Like many of you i remember that as a child Christmas had a magic to it as weeks before Christmas day ,our parent s would secretly buy our presents and hide them from us, and we never knew for sure what we would get as it all depended on what our parents could afford even though they tried and did their best to give a Christmas to remember ,
do you remember making the many coloured strips of paper which we made a paper chain out of and the endless hours making enough chains to cover the walls or ceilings, depending where mother decided they would look effective, as then many decorations were made out of paper or a combination of paper and cardboard, , and in a variety of many colours,
then many shops at the time also put up decorations even small Christmas trees to enhance the coming of Christmas, and a number of shops got into the act almost every shop had decorations
of sorts the better shops even had electric bulbs in colours to high light their shop windows,
and some how the Christmas spirit seemed to grow ,and glow,
and on Christmas day we opened our presents with delight .or possibly disappointment as we didn't get all that we wanted, but Christmas dinner was great the only time we gorged our selves
silly , making the most of that special day,
Q; What memories do you have of those times , and if so will you tell us about them,