Biographical Poetry posted November 24, 2008 |
A mother of the 50's decorates for Christmas
Glass Wax Christmas
by adewpearl
Contest Winner
For Mommy, always
Displays I've seen worth thousands of dollars, with L.E.D. lights and movable parts, with animatronic Santas and elves once reserved only for giant theme parks. My mother had slightly different ideas to spread Christmas cheer in our neighborhood. She'd bring out the Glass Wax and stencils and do what any good housewife would. We'd sponge our wax over the stencils, then after she'd gently pull them away, revealed on our windows in Glass Wax pink - candles, sleighs, bells in amazing array. Each generation finds ways to express what they hold dearest and want to impart. My mother, as so many women like her, used Glass Wax to show what was in her heart. |
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For you young ones, Glass Wax was a peculiar product, thick and Milk of Magnesia pink, that one rubbed on windows, let dry, and then buffed off with a cloth. At holiday times the company sold stencils, which you can still find on
ebay, to decorate one's sparkling clear windows. By today's standards, these designs were quite primitive, but in my mother's eyes, and mine, they were artistic masterpieces.
Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. ebay, to decorate one's sparkling clear windows. By today's standards, these designs were quite primitive, but in my mother's eyes, and mine, they were artistic masterpieces.
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