It’s the day after Christmas, and my intention was to possible hit a few stores with my shiny, new gift cards freshly plucked out of my stocking from Christmas Day.
Old Man Winter had other ideas…
It’s been 63 years since my little hometown has seen a white Christmas. I live in a milder part of the Southeast – and we typically don’t get a lot of snow until the Jan-Feb-Mar time of year. The last time it snowed at Christmas was December 1947.
In 1947:
- Harry S. Truman was President, and signed legislation to create the CIA, Dept of Defense, Joints Chiefs, and the National Security Council.
- Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
- Christian Dior showed his first collection in Paris.
- Raytheon introduced the first retail microwave.
- Jackie Robinson first played for Major League Baseball.
- The first Miracle on 34th Street was released in movie theaters.
(Thanks, Wikipedia.)
It was a long time ago.
And it’s breathtaking....(this is a pecan tree, by the way.)
Meanwhile, back to the bloggin’ business….Time for fresh December flowers!
We had guests over for Christmas morning breakfast – so we had to “deck the halls with some boughs of holly” (so to speak).
Of course - hurricanes for the centerpieces.
Then, white lilies on the desk...
White snowflake mums on the coffee table…
And red roses for the loo…
Ahhhhhh...what a lovely Christmas – inside and out.
- GT40
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