Quote:
Originally Posted by mobertol
Don't really "do" creeping -and i did say if he was really lucky...looks like he might have to expect lumps of coal!
I do get caught up in seasonal cheer and all that sort of stuff ,being good to one's fellow man etc. -the Christian values aspect of Xmas that is the part that risks getting lost under all the tinsel!
|
Lumps of coal
That brings back memories. My great aunt Jane ... she was the oldest of my great aunts, older than dirt
... used to arrive at my grandad's place at Christmas with a lump of coal, some salt wrapped up in a twist of paper, and a loaf of fresh bread. I assume, though someone better informed about Christmas traditions in Lancashire may correct me, that these were symbolic gifts. And every year all I got from her was snot rags
She was from Oswaldtwistle ... go figure
