On the seventh day til Christmas, my Great Aunts gave to me
family photos including all Ma, Pa, Brice, Hilda, Gilda, Mary Sue and Hiram. 🙂
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7 Days til Christmas
18 Dec8 Days til Christmas
17 DecOn the eighth day til Christmas, my Great Aunts shared with me
4 beautiful sisters in these 2 photos (which totally counts for day 8).
Brice, Gilda, Hilda, Mary Sue
Brice, Gilda, Hilda, Mary Sue
9 Days til Christmas
16 DecOn the ninth day til Christmas, my Great Aunts shared with me
9 matching outfits!!
10 Days til Christmas
15 DecOn the tenth day til Christmas, my Great Aunts gave to me
Top 10 things to expect at their Christmas gathering:
10. tomato casserole
9. cookie delight
8. congealed salad
7. christmas carol wordsearch
6. bible character crossword puzzle
5. fitness-themed alphabet code worksheet
4. the youngest person at the “kids” table is 24
3. “straight” drink
2. Gilda showing off the upcoming years’ calendar photos (usually of a floral variety)
1. BINGO
11 Days til Christmas
14 DecOn the eleventh day til Christmas, my Great Aunts gave to me
these haikus about them:
As Southern Baptists
their creative expression
involves Jesus Christ
Hilda:
stopped at rest stop
for lunch on a long road trip
she ate her napkin
her curled hair flowing
perfectly pressed church outfit
lipstick tarnished teeth
big family dinners
marshmallow fruit salads and
her cookie delight
connect crocheted squares
make matching vests and blanket
while watching Oprah
once again, misplaced
abandoned in the trashcan,
there are her car keys
Gilda:
her second new car
she points the keyless entry
arms stretched, yells “STAND BACK!”
checkerboard patterned
tons of pink and white bath mats
covering her floor
teen Christmas present
inherited her old bra
now brown and dingy
black cat in her yard
she proclaims, “it’s the devil”
old superstitions
she says it’s cancer
home remedy cured it up
rub honey on thighs
12 Days til Christmas
13 DecOn the twelth day til Christmas, my Great Aunts shared with me
The 12 presents you’re most likely to get again this year:
12 – chocolate covered cherries
11 – flower soap (if you’re a guest)
10 – basketball jersey
9 – crocheted stockings with candy cane
8 – half a pack of pencil sharpeners
7 – fedora
6 – Bible
5 – painted rocks
4 – used bra
3 – 3x sweatshirt
2 – red toothpaste
1 – baby shampoo
12 Days til Christmas Countdown!
12 DecI just learned that the 12 Days of Christmas are supposed to begin on December 25. I have decided to do a countdown to Christmas instead. Get excited, friends.
Happy Birthday!
23 SepHilda and Gilda are 77 years old today. Sounds like a good enough reason for me to start this blog about them to share with the world what they have shared with me. Happy Birthday to the greatest identical twin great aunts I know!