Child's Christmas
I think most people who celebrate Christmas will agree that the best ones are those shared with children who are young and innocent enough to believe in magic. My brother, Steve, and I both remember the Christmas Eve when we were three and four, that he got in my crib with me so we could share our excitement. There was so much magic in the air, and we were sure we heard sleigh bells on the roof! The little fireplace in this arrangement was mine when I was a child, and the little boy waiting for Santa was part of a gift from my Aunt Jeanie when I was very young. He used to sleep inside of a snowball ornament, lost or broken long ago. Now he sleeps in a little rocker, waiting for morning when he will see what Santa has left for him under the tree that Mark made for me. I created this arrangement to delight my granddaughter when she comes to visit, and to remind me of the enchantment of a child's Christmas When Mark and I had our own children we briefly wondered if w