For those of you born in the 60's and 70's you may find that I wrote this article and find things that you had as a child. Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. May you all find happiness, peace and love.

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That was wonderful. I am Jewish and my mother let us have Santa but no trees. I grew up in a Boston public housing project and I once found a large branch from a tree. I brought it home and my oldest brother helped me decorate it. he is 10 years older than me and very creative. We strung popcorn, I recall. Thank you for letting me remember that.

have a wonderful holiday, Cheryl and everyone else.

Arlene

my family had a white artificial tree. we also had the circle of colors on one side and my dad put a black light on the other side. no he wasn't on lsd. i remember the long walk down the hallway as my dad filmed with his 8mm. if the first one wasn't right my brothers and i had to go back down that hallway and walk it again. we didn't have much but we had each other and that was always fun. thanks cheryl made me go back and remember

Ahhh... Memories.

We didn't have artificial trees, Mother always insisted on natural trees. When we were little, she would put the tree up on Christmas Eve and we would wake up on Christmas Day to a fully lit, decorated tree with the pile of gifts beneath. Pure old fashioned magic. <3 As we got older, we started putting the tee up earlier but it was always real, freshly cut.

Merry Christmas, Cheryl and everyone who celebrates!