Blue Canisters and Christmas Memories

                                                      My Christmas Memory


                                          

I am sure all of us have remembered how special certain Christmas’s are in our life. In every person's life this wonderful time of year reminds us of old Christmas memories . We were living in a small town in Sheridan Wyoming having moved from California months before. I was soon to be a mother for the first time and all alone with my husband in a small western town. Whenever we went into town we would pass by a really nice specialty store with a display of  pretty blue and white canisters. I loved them and I remember looking at them every time we went into town and admiring them. I  recall being all bundled up staring at the new blue canisters in the store window. It was one of the coldest
winters in  decades ,well below 0. Since I was not use to the cold I felt so far away from home.
 By Christmas Day We had a new baby!.

 It was Christmas Day  and I had this new baby with no family by ourselves up in Wyoming.Homesick and new to such strong cold winters I felt so so homesick! As I opened up my presents I had a  happy surprise. I couldn’t believe my husband had gone to the specialty  store and bought the new blue canisters for me. It was something we couldn’t afford but it was so special!

So here I sit at Christmas time having some earl grey tea. Sitting on an old wing back chair staring at my Old blue canisters.Years later their on my Victorian sideboard and thinking how special I felt with that new baby who is now grown and married , a husband that loved me . My Blue canisters have moved from home to home with a couple of age marks here and there but they remind me of a truly happy memory of Christmas past.