Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights • this painting is sold

There are five children ... the three girls, including me, shared a bedroom on the second floor of a charming Cape Cod home. My Parents sleep on the first floor and my two brothers shared a room with bunkbeds.

I remember wearing my blue and white striped with red trim 'engineer' pajamas and anxiously awaiting Santa's arrival. We had candles lit in all of the windows and cookies and milk were left on the table. We knew we had to be on our best behavior, say our prayers and get to bed early ....

The next morning we would awake to a glorious Christmas tree filled with colored bulbs and ornaments and presents lying beneath.

It all happened over night ... the tree, the lights, the presents ... I remember in the early morning, turning the corner at the foot of the stairway and seeing the blaze of lights on the tree... Santa had come.

I still love the look of those old fashioned lights... however, if a light would go out, the whole strand would go out. My Father would lie on the floor and tap each light trying to get them to illuminate again ... We had lights on the outside bushes and the lighted Moravian star hung high from the birch tree on the front lawn ....

... those beautiful and cherished Christmas memories ...

If you would like to purchase this 6" x 6" oil painting on stretched canvas, please email me. This painting is priced at $100.00 plus s/h.
info@annelizabethschlegel.com

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