This is my very first post for the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories. Thanks to Geneabloggers for organizing this excellent exercise!
I mostly remember our family having an artificial tree, but I do recall a few times having a real tree. Our living room was small and we did not have much room for a sprawling spruce, but my mother always made sure our tree looked nice–plenty of colored lights, tinsel, and special ornaments–elves, Santas and Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs (they were plastic with felt costumes). I always got to put the star on the tree–or sometimes it was an angel. When I was younger, my father would lift me up so I could reach the top and do the honors, but for the most part Dad stayed out of the decorating ritual.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, huh? I thought I was the only one that associated them with Christmas! I'm going to do a whole post about that – probably on a "grab bag" day!