Merry Christmas

[bugs]

Wishing each and every one of you a Very Merry christmas and a Blessed New Year...bugs

[Alan Millhone]

Wishing you a Merry Christmas as well. Wishing you good health for the coming New Year !

Regards:
Alan

[tommyc]

Happy Xmas to yourself Alan and Victoria..............Jo-Clair,Solomon and Forrest and all your clan.

[kiwinurse]

From New Zealand a very good Christmas to all.and a bright happy New Year

[Lindus Edwards]

A merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all.

[Palomino]

Hi bugs,

I've been looking for a picture of G-Grandma Perry in her apron, when I find it send it to you.

Merry Christmas to all and remember to play a game of checkers with the kids, for our grandchildren we wrapped up a Cars Champion Checkers game.



..."Pal"

[bugs]

THANKS PAL.... Hope all you illness is over and behind you... Hope you find the photo your looking for.
I think that means you enjoyed the email about the history of the Apron.. Sure brought back memories for me... I don`t know how to do it , maybe you could post that for all to read.
IN honor of all Grandmothers.....
What lucky Grandkids you have... Merry Christmas to you and yours.. God Bless, bugs

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Merry Christmas to everyone !
Alex

[Palomino]

Sure brought back memories for me... I don`t know how to do it , maybe you could post that for all to read.

No Problem bugs. I enjoyed it, brought back a lot of memories for me. I don't think I ever saw my g-grandmother without her apron and a bonnet, well almost never.

I don't think our kids know what an apron is.

THE HISTORY OF APRONS

The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath. Because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

And when the weather was cold, Grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables.
After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising
how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron,
and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that
'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

Send this to those who would know, and love, the story about Grandma's aprons. Or it can be a good history lesson for those that have no idea how the apron played a part in our lives.


REMEMBER:
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.......
I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron........but love!!