flowerbug
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oranges keep your vitamin C going in the winter. there was when i was a kid the idea of ordering a bushel of oranges or grapefruits from the south.
Old-time Holiday Traditions
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Yeah -- but 70 yrs ago that wasn't so easy. 
And I was 10 then. The things we take for granted now! 
And I was 10 then. The things we take for granted now! - Thread starter
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Those are great memories of your traditions.Christmas at my maternal grands was helping decorate the tree. They'd cut one out of the woods. Decorations were some collected balls, popcorn strung up and paper garlands. They had no electric so, no lights. Presents were rarely more than one per person. Of course there was a bag of hard candy and an apple or orange. What's with the oranges??? Seems they were the star item...prob because hard to come by -- we were in WV. Always a church potluck meal, often Christmas Eve.
Paternal grands were closer to town, had electric. Similar gift ideas. They made cookies usually. A big meal at home.
My mother always wanted to cook a big meal for Christmas day. Ham! Yep, you were gonna have ham
Really no "traditions" of great memory
The citrus thing is because it was shipped north by train in the early winter. My grandparents always bought it by the case
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All my young life we had a navel orange in our stocking.
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yes, and also i remember when grandparents talked about how they would get train cars of grapes for making wine sent from out west.
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Elementary School Christmas concert. Had it at high school/middle school gym.
At the end Santa would come and all the kids got an orange and candy cane. Small town of 3000 so it wasnt a ton of kids. They even had extras so any kids that came from surrounding towns could have some.
Edited population because I was in high school when we hit 3000. It's 6000 now but that includes almost 3000 inmates at the prison.
At the end Santa would come and all the kids got an orange and candy cane. Small town of 3000 so it wasnt a ton of kids. They even had extras so any kids that came from surrounding towns could have some.
Edited population because I was in high school when we hit 3000. It's 6000 now but that includes almost 3000 inmates at the prison.
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