Cherubs for Christmas

The start of my angel collection

Christmas 1970 — a gift from a ten year old brother (the author)

I was married in the spring of 1970 and a mother by the middle of summer. Our first Christmas was spent in our second home, a two-bedroom bungalow. It was a very simple affair. We did not have much money.

I am from a large family, the fifth of twelve children. We used to do a gift exchange on Christmas Eve. I do not remember anything about whose…