The a - Z of Christmas - C

The C of Christmas

 Of course, the big C word would be Christmas, but that is obvious.
What would Christmas be without these things that begin with the letter C: Chocolate drops, Christmas cards, baking Christmas cookies, candy canes and caroling. These are a few words that come to my mind.
Chocolate drops again take me back to my younger years and our church Christmas programs. My grandfather would buy and bag all of the treat bags. And those treat bags ALWAYS contained Chocolate Drops. In those days, Kleins only had one store and that was on the the corner of Jarrettsville Pike and Route 24, right in the center of Forest Hill. And in that store, there were bins and bins of candy, especially at Christmas time. What a memory of going in there and scooping out candy from those bins.
I have been doing Christmas cards ever since we were married....34 years ago. With the price of postage, alot of card sending has stopped. There was a time when we would receive ten or more cards everyday for Christmas. But not the times are tough. And virtual cards have taken over. But it is not the same.
And it has become a tradition for us, that I bake Christmas cookies every year. These are given as gifts, and then we also have tins for us to eat whenever we feel like it. And even though my kids are all grown....they still have their favorite that Mon just has to make. So it will be again this year.
Candy canes....even though I do not like to eat them much....are one of my favorite things for the holidays. There was a time when the kids were smaller, that candy canes were our theme for decorating outside. I guess those decorations are just a memory now....who knows what happened to those decorations.
Christmas caroling has been a big part of my church life. Even now, we still (our church) will go caroling. It is a lot of fun, no matter, if we are outside going from house to house, or in a nursing home going from room to room. We always make a treat bag to give to each person. It brings such a joy to those who hear, and also those of us who sing....to see the big smiles of those who enjoy it.
Those are some of C's of Christmas? What are ours?