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How could you forget us?–The Christmas story
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Alice hugged them on the way out saying, “We’ve got to run but this would be a good time to share with Angelica how you celebrated Christmas.”
Jenny said, “I’m Jewish so it was Hanukah for me”
Shane said sadly, “I don’t have too many memories of Christmas.” Pam looked at her inquisitively. Shane explained, “I didn’t have the greatest childhood. I think I blocked out all those memories if there were any.”
Jenny gave her a hug. “Well now you have a chance to make some of your own with Jelly-belly,” tickling Angelica as she said so.
Angelica laughed with the tickling. ”Auntie Jenny, what is Hanukah?”
“Hanukah is the celebration of lights. It is to celebrate when the Maccabees, a Jewish group, reclaimed the temple. It lasted 8 days because that’s how long the oil lasted after the winning back temple. Each day, after sunset, there was lighting of candle after a blessing was said and after singing a song. Each day another candle was placed in the menorah, that’s a special candle holder and it was lit until there was eight candles.
Angelica nodded then said, “It kind of sounds like Kwanza with the lighting of the candles”
“Well I suppose it does but we did a few other things too. We would play with dreidels. Throughout history Jews were put in jail for studying the Torah. During Hanukah the first letter of a Hebrew word was put on one side of the dreidel. There are four sides on the dreidel. Together they would make a secret sentence. It was sort of a secret code. We would eat latkes, a kind of fried cake to celebrate the oil in the menorah.”
“Yeah that does sound different from Kwanzaa,” Angelica acknowledged. Then looking at Tina, Angelica asked, “Mama, can we celebrate Hanukah too?”
Tina looked at Jenny with a raised eye brow. Jenny responded tugging on Angelica’s braided hair. “Hanukah is over now but next year we can celebrate Hanukah together”
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enny, Shane and Angelica went over to the Christmas tree and began to put on some ornaments that Jenny and Shane brought with them. They checked out several of the others on the tree. “Angelica I remember when you got this one for your first Christmas. And looked here is another with your baby picture in it. Pam and Tina smiled as they watched the interaction. They flirted with each other in the kitchen taking turns kissing and feeding each other cookies.
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Squirl that was so sweet, we had a big gathering for breakfast this morning where my four kids had their friends over, all grown, late teen and early twentys, anyway we were talking diversity and all the different life styles, it was like the blessing of Christmas(as we celebrate). Many thanks for your heart warming story. Md
Merry Christmas to you your family and the readers and visitors of this site.
What a lovely chapter to let Angelica know all the different ways people and thier culture celebrate the same blessed event, in different ways, but all coming back to the same thing, the birth of bby jesus. Since you dedicated this chapter to your partner and family, may I say that it is a beautiful way to celebrate and show your love and care for them. I am aserious TiBette=er at heart so you know who I want to see together. Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Awesome!Very heartwarming. :D
S that was a very moving chapter of how all the women celebrated xmas and telling that to Angie. And loved how you had ended it with Helena texting Bette, perfect. Feliz Navidad S!!
hi Squirl…this chapter is educational because you described different cultures and ways they celebrate holiday season…way to go…and since christmas is coming…I will let Bette to feel happy from Helena’s text….But dont let Bette get of the hook so easily…she will never learn……Merry Christmas to you and your family….:)
In honor of the holiday I shall withhold all snark about she who I will not name! Angelica was so funny in this..I wanna have Kwanzaa! I wanna have Hannukah! I wanna go to New York! I wanna go to church! I wanna go to…bed… I can only imagine how spoiled miss Angie is at Christmas!!! And, squirl, you have given my grieving heart hope for a positive outcome here…thank you!!!!
Great stuff! It’s wonderful to see the diversity in your story. I felt bad for Helena. Bette needs to do alot of reflecting and soul searching to know what she wants and go for it. A beautiful dedication to your lovely partner and children. Merry Christmas!
Very educational and inspiring story. Maybe, our ladies will learn the real meaning of the Holiday Season? It’s not about the material things just the things that money CAN’T buy.
What an adorbale chapter, angelica is so cute, love the explainations of how everyone clebrates the holidays!! Merry Christmas
awe that was a sweet christmas story…you know that i’m a belena for life…but don’t let b off the hook that easy…she’s gotta “earn” h back..
Great chapter, I loved the way they all shared their X-mas stories with little Boo. I hope Bette & Helena can work things out together andplease keep Da Queena as far away from Bette as you can, thanks. Merry Christmas to you and your family
wow, Angelica sure will have a very interesting life growing up with the women in her life and their culture. Thank you for this wonderful chapter. Have a Merry Christmas to you and you loved ones. :)
I have to say reading this story has been interesting but I am heart to heart TiBetter. When Bette is declaring love for Helena or Tina is playing house with Pam, I feel like the other half is missing. It is painful for me but I do love the ups and downs of this story. I am not sure what will happen in the story but I can not believe that Bette was just responding to a primal urge with Tina. If so she needs to do some serious counseling before Helena takes her back. Bette had the responsibility of turning Tina down but she did not and just when Tina was starting to except they were really over. Does Bette really want it to be over? Only you the writer knows. Thanks for your story
bit of angst, bit of poignancy, bit of hope, lots of love…thank god we have christmas to remind us what is REALLY important…but does this mean bette will leave the temptations of LA (i.e. Tina) and move to New York? sad for Ange if she does…really liking the Pam/Tina thing…pps…oh yeah, i don’t want helena letting bette off the hook too easily…bette needs to sort her shit…
A very sweet story! You managed to cover a lot of ground here with the descriptions of the different cultural and religious celebrations of the season as well as advancing the story! I continue to be blown away by how you are “working” this story! I have to go back and comment on your prior trio. Merry Christmas to you and your family! :-)
Hello Squirl, this one fills my heart with Hope that there is hope… if for nothing else then for Bette to prove that she is a good mother, her interaction with Boo was so precious, and that scene with Helena just shows how much this has really affected her, it might not seem like it but she is maturing, realizing just how much she has hurt her and how much she really does love her… sometimes the road to happiness is long and narrow… just never get off the path… and you will get there. You are simply amazing. Sincerely, JC (PS – you have a blessed Christmas and a Merry New Years…)
I am happy to see that Helena might be willing to let Bette have a chance. Bette needs to find out what makes her destruct anything good in her life. I have to admit I tend to be a Bette girl and sometimes want to smack the rest of them since no one else is given the hard lesson of how wrong they were. I honestly have to say in this story I would rather have Bette and Helena together which is completely out of character for me as I am a TiBetter.
It’s a Christmas Miracle for Bette! Happy Holidays!