Christmas 1997: I was ten years old, and listed every single gift I got that year in my journal. Here is (most of) that entry, complete with original spelling. I hope you enjoy it.
Dec. 25 '97
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was maby the best Christmas I have ever had, I say that every year. The whole family got a fuse ball table. I also got all my gifts: TWO mini Doddle Bears, a "Tote 'n teddy," a bear in a plastic shiny bag, Addy's Christmas (not from Pleasant Company, but same fabric and everything else [almost]), My Christmas PJ's were Addy's nightgown, a tambrine for dance (it is so pritty!), four spools of ribbon that I used to tie on the tambrine, a pair of shoes for Addy, a calgrife set, a box of crayons, Addy's Ice Cream Frezzer a 20$ gift certificate for Gap, an American Girl CDrom for makeing plays, I pair of darling piggie slippers ... stocking: a magnet wheel toy, stickers, a grow dino, tornato tube, two sets trading cards, and a paint pen, mormen adds. Two things that were not in my stocking, but that I forgot: a bractlet bead loom, and a years subscription two the magazine "Cricket." At 3:00 we went to Tanya's and Nancy's house. We all played on the moon shoes she got, even mom and dad! Tanya's big present was a geco .... What I got every body: Dad: three dark green bathtowls and three dark green wash cloths. Mom: a Christmas tape. Emmy, shower gell, a little soft plastic shower ball to rub gell on, and roll-on lip gloss.
3 comments:
Adorable, Carrie! I know where all of my journals are EXCEPT for my first one from 10 years ago...you have inspired me to find it, somehow.
My FAVORITE part is just the word ""tambrine." :)
Merry Christmas!
Oh, that was from Natalie :)
Sorry for this excessive commenting, but I had to say that I TOO had the american girl play-making computer game...THAT WAS SO AWESOME. I remember all the cool sound effects, etc...that thing was amazing. -nat
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