Today we learned about something special that fits right in with this magical time of year. An 81 year old woman who lives in a tiny house in a small town has a favorite Christmas book called "Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree." She has been reading that book, which is supposed to be for children, every year since it was published a long time ago. She recreates the story on her front yard and naturally Tía Meli wanted to see it as soon as she heard about it. So, Clara and I hopped in the car with her and we went right out to see the display.
The story is about a man named Mr. Willowby who orders a tree that turns out to be much too tall for his parlor. He asks the butler to chop off the top to make it fit, and the butler decides to give the extra bit of tree to the maid.
The maid uses part of the tree, but has some left over and she gives it to the gardner.
He uses some and then the forest creatures get to have the next bits, and so on... until the tree top gets smaller and smaller and used by seven families.
The final, tiniest bit, is used by a family of mice to decorate their home in the mouse hole.
Isn't that a delightful story? I love how it shows the spirit of sharing and giving. The stuffies that the woman used were so cute, too. We actually got to meet her and she said she collects them from thrift stores throughout the year. Oh! And she thought Clara and I were very pretty dolls and was honored to have us visit.
It was a magical day.
Hugs, A Happy Jolly Kiki
Ooooohhhhhh how fun, I bet you and Clara really did have tons of fun going to that. I wish we had something that awesome close to us. How kewl!!
ReplyDeleteIt is good to hear from you again, we have been busy at our house too, but think about you guys often and wonder how you are doing. Mama got the library set up and started decorating it and the music room is decorated totally and we get to see the surprise tonight or tomorrow. Cannot wait.
Us girls are all getting dressed for Christmas portraits, as soon as Tirya makes it home we will have family portraits taken .. YEAH I cannot wait for my sister to come home finally, it has been too long.
Miss You,
Merry Christmas,
Emi