“Everyone’s Christmas tree is different. Some people have a quiet tree with tiny twinkling lights, silvery tinsel, and fluffy white snow. Other people have neon trees with bright garish bulbs, twitching and blinking against the backdrop of Santas in Hawaiian shirts, and elephants wearing antlers.
But when I was a little girl, our Christmas tree was very different.
Our tree was dotted with cookies.
And candles.
Candles with fire…”
To continue reading my story about Christmas in the former Yugoslavia, go to page 36 of the Babiekins Magazine gift guide.
(The accompanying illustration was created by Maia Larkin of The Voyagers, and is available here.)
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Love the line about stepping back into that moment. Beautiful writing Gina!
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Thank you, cousin! It always makes me so happy to know I can share my world with others, through words. :)
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This makes me happy, happy, happy! Thanks, Gina!
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