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Reply to "They Lost their Mom Today"

I lost my mom when I was 10, and my dad when I was 39.  Both ultimately due to lung cancer, although my dad had stopped smoking for over 20 years.

It was a different time, but Santa decorated our Christmas tree.  My mother came from a German/Austrian background and Santa had decorated her tree.  Can you just imagine coming downstairs as a child and what had been a naked tree the night before on Christmas Eve was now decorated, sparkling with tinsel, and colored lights?!?  Oh the magic!

Over the years my dad would help Santa with the lights.  Then the tinsel.  Then he suggested that we help with the ornaments.

I can only imagine how late they had to stay up to do all that AND get gifts wrapped.  This was looong before pre-lit trees!

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