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39. I loved hanging the tinsel.

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:42 AM

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I did it so carefully, but my brother would get frustrated and throw clumps of it on the branches and I wanted the tree 'pretty' so i would spread out his clumps.
The tinsel would somehow drift all around the house and stick on all kinds of things. It made me smile.

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