An Early Christmas

Do you recall that I have been grinching around about people who have begun their Christmas shopping before we have even gotten to Thanksgiving? Hmmmm…perhaps that was over at Facebook that I said that. At any rate, every year it becomes more irritating to me to hear Christmas carols in October, and discover that one of my sisters started her Christmas shopping last year! Bah HUMBUG, I say!
But…..I received a package today. And when I opened that package, I discovered that there was a full size finished quilt inside! My first Christmas gift, and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet. Of course there’s a story to this.
A decade ago I was a dedicated chatter. I was addicted to the computer and to chat rooms. If I couldn’t log in and talk to someone, I went into withdrawal. Then, I realized that I needed to get a life, and I cut back severely on the chatting. Ultimately, I ended with a handful of people with whom share occasional e-mails, and there was one young man I “spoke” to frequently via Yahoo Messenger. As time went on, and my mother came to need me more, my time at the computer dwindled, but not before I discovered that this young man’s mother QUILTED!
We sent items back and forth across the “pond,” and we shared letters. She is certain that if she sits at a computer it will break, so we occasionally do snail-mail. We’ve been trying to get her to e-mail, or to even communicate through Skype, without a lot of luck, and our connection was dropped this summer as my mother’s health began to fail, and she passed away.
My friend was selling quilts to raise cash for her daughter to build a poly house, so they could extend the growing season at their very northern home. I admired one of the patterns she had made, and told her that I’d be happy to buy just the top, to help raise funds. I thought ultimately it would be less expensive to ship it, and I could get it quilted here. So, I was absolutely floored to find the entire quilt, right down to the label, in the box!
This gift came all the way from Scotland! My friend had to be planning this during the summer to get the quilt completed and mailed off in time to beat the holiday mailing rush, and she came through like a champ! The quilt is a wonderful collection of fabrics with a very scrappy look, and a white background. When I have the chance to hang it, I’ll take a picture to share with you.
So….I guess I must say, “Let the celebrating begin!” Nooooelllll, Nooooellllllll…..

5 thoughts on “An Early Christmas

  1. Absolutely, Janeywan! Photos will have to wait until I can get some help holding the quilt, and a brighter day. I’ll be sure to post them after Thansgiving.

  2. The other day I heard the doorbell at work for the first time and someone had tuned it as a Christmas carol! I thought that it was way too early for that.
    However, an unexpected gift, expecially from across the pond, is always welcome.

  3. Absolutely, Bogie!
    As for the too early Christmas carols, I might not mind quite so much if they weren’t being used as a sales tool. If they were being used as they were traditionally intended, I could probably cope, but now it just all seems wrong to me.
    See if you can’t find a way to short-circuit that door “bell.”

  4. Buffy–Glad your Thanksgiving plans all came off without a hitch. Hungry is not a word that could be applied in your home.
    BTW: Don’t you wish the spammers would leave your blog alone? Ugghhh!

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