Momma said they never really had Christmases like everyone does now, no one had money and there were so many of them,for momma their gifts were homemade, for daddy it was another day, he use to joke that the reason they made tamales was to have something to open on Christmas Day. He never complained because you can't miss what you didn't have, he was happy just being with family. But, when momma and daddy got married they like all of us want to "up" things for their own kids. When I was little, really little, 1,2, 3 til about 7 years we got the tree, the presents, the food and of course tamales -- the "biggie" was that daddy would rent a Santa suit and dress up for us and give us our presents, I wonder if anyone knew he did that stuff.
For my first year birthday he made the pinanta himself, using a balloon, paste, paper, and paint. I wish they had video cams, web cams, digital cameras then.
Later, with us and the grandchildren, we had the kids wear red pajamas, momma and daddy wore red and took pictures in front of the Christmas tree with all the wrapping paper around them and smiles.
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