tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post1240399986123760730..comments2024-03-27T12:09:07.950+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SANTA CLAUS CAME TO TOWN - AND STAYED...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-59160549223805166402018-12-21T11:19:02.812+00:002018-12-21T11:19:02.812+00:00That's a shame, Woodsy. So your parents died w...That's a shame, Woodsy. So your parents died when you were 16? I'm sure you remember them every Christmas - every day in fact. At least you have happy childhood memories of them to keep you warm in the cold of December.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-62456899411105249422018-12-21T10:27:52.503+00:002018-12-21T10:27:52.503+00:00CJ's comment about tea lights resonates with m...CJ's comment about tea lights resonates with me as I light a tea light for my long dead parents whenever I am in a church, which is not very often. Whenever I am though, I light one, pop my ten pence in the slot and say hello to the two people who gave me life and hope for 16 years.WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237005016866918414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-52988317322845817132016-12-29T01:30:16.590+00:002016-12-29T01:30:16.590+00:00That's quite a sad story, CJ, but it's nic...That's quite a sad story, CJ, but it's nice to know that the tea-light holder is a link to your mother and the house you grew up in. Having a link to earlier times can often be a comfort as we get older and frailer. When I look at my Christmas tree, I think back to previous Christmases in every house I've ever lived in, as it's been in all of them.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-5630754029159158112016-12-29T01:26:32.679+00:002016-12-29T01:26:32.679+00:00Not exactly a Christmas decoration but I mentioned...Not exactly a Christmas decoration but I mentioned recently that I have an unusual-looking, round tea-light holder - I bought it in October 2008 and took it with me when I went to stay with my mother at Christmas. My mother died in 2009 so 2008 was her final Christmas and also my final Christmas in the house I'd grown up in from the age of two. So my tealight holder is now a link to that Christmas of 2008 which I'd never part with - I only burn tealights in the period from Guy Fawkes night to New Year's Eve so it's kind of a Christmas decoration as I don't have any other kind of festive lights or a tree.Colin Jonesnoreply@blogger.com