Monthly Archives: December 2011
The Stocking: That’s Christmas Cheap and Cheerful
Opening the stocking in front of the fireplace on Christmas morning is the platonic ideal of Cheap and Cheerful. The fireplace is optional, of course, and my mother never made a Martha-ish ideal of hanging stockings as decorations – in … Continue reading
Filed under Born in Chicago, Cheap and Cheerful Object of the Day, History, Holidays
