White Envelopes

[moosmom]

What an awesome story!! My cousins and I have our own tradition. Nothing like Nancy's of course, but still a tradition.

Years ago, dating back to 1970's one of us found a pair of the most God awful sconces they'd ever seen. They were packaged up all nice with a bow. Every year, they get packaged up again and given back to whoever. No one in my family would know WHO was getting them till Christmas eve when we all opened our gifts. It was a hoot! Unfortunately, the sconces got lost somewhere and tthe tradition kind of died. There are only the 5 cousins (not counting their spouses and kids) left and I'd like to start it back up again, but I have no way of knowing where they went. Since I work at BB&B, I was on the lookout for the ugliest ones I could find. There they were, on the clearance rack!!! Unfortunately, by time I could buy them, a woman bought them (she came through my line). I've decided that I'm going to try and find a pair to start up the tradition once again!!

[Catty1]

Ummmm....what's a "sconce"?

At first I thought you meant "scones" and that WOULD be funny because they would turn into hockey pucks over the years!

[moosmom]

A sconce is a thingamajig that hangs on the wall and holds a candle.