by Admirae Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:00 am
Best holiday story..? Hmm..
When I was in first grade, my school would give us these little "catalog" magazines of Christmas stuff that we were supposed to encourage (read: nag) our parents to buy. Most of the catalog was (to little 7-year-old me) full of boring adult stuff like mugs, fake Christmas trees, and gingerbread cookies. I didn't
get why my parents, or anyone else, for that matter, would want anything as lame as a watch for Christmas.
So what was so great about it? What was great is that the magazine had a hidden gem in the middle. The reason I kept this "boring adult magazine" was because of one single page in the middle - a glorious page full of wrapping paper squares. It seemed like there were over 100 tiny squares of paper of all different kinds, from gold glitter spirals to reindeers prancing to little glittery blue snowflakes. I was in love with the colors, the designs, the smell of the paper, even.
I would super-carefully tear out these little squares one by one, and place them in a pile. After I had all the pieces I liked, I would cut designs and glue them together onto construction paper to make Christmas cards for my Mom and my Dad. They would always ask where I got the paper from, and I would hold up the magazine with all the cut-out portions.
(To which my mom would always sigh and scold me for.) I would do this for years as long as they sent those magazines out.
As for today.. I still love doing this. Just with a bit more care. I spent $50 at a craft store the other day buying books full of absolutely awesome paper designs, so the 7-year-old in me will never be let down. ^_^ and they smell good, too.
Happy holidays!
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Last edited by Admirae on Sun Dec 18, 2016 1:48 am; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : forgot my own username whoops)