Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Old Days, Old Ways.




OLD DAYS, OLD WAYS.


'Ettie Yeo' wrote these words for Christmas
Over a hundred years ago.
She had them printed on Christmas cards
 And sent them to people she happened to know.
Ettie-Beatrice was her full name,
The Mother of my Mother-in-law,
And so Great-Grandmother to my children,
But somebody they never saw.
So changed the language and the feeling!
Words like these now don't exist!
But when I read I sort of fancy
That I was on her Christmas List.
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More seasonal artistry from my husband's family here:

See tomorrow's blog for a Christmas entertainment.

1 comment:

George S Batty said...

fun to read from the past. I have some letters from the past. some of them over 150 years old.