The Tree In the Window

By Cheryl St. John

I love this time of year, especially because I love Christmas trees and all the decorations. I’ve been working on thinning out my storage room, since I had enough ornaments to decorate trees with six different themes. I used to put up four trees, but we’ve downsized and I have to get my mind around the fact that I need less.

The Santa's sleigh in this photo was my grandmother's, and it's one of my most precious possessions. Plastic Christmas ornaments originated in the mid-20th century (1940s-1950s), emerging as cheaper, durable alternatives to fragile glass, with early production focusing on unbreakable designs by companies like Shiny Brite and Bradford, utilizing technologies like blow molding for diverse shapes, making them widely accessible for mass-market distribution after World War II. Plastic was a big new deal back then!

Some people are extreme in their decorating, but my favorite part is still the lighted tree in the front window. Over the holidays I usually have a chance to see several of our friends’ homes and trees, and I never get tired of the experience. Blessing to you this Christmas!

I have a Christmas release this year available In Kindle Unlimited, and here's the info: 

Christmas in Ruby Creek

Gabby is chasing her pregnant cousin and her cousin's outlaw boyfriend, across the country when a snowstorm halts her journey, and she seeks shelter in a stable. After discovering twin newborns in his livery stable, Turner Price is furious with the young woman he believes abandoned them. As the truth emerges, he realizes this may be his only chance to be a loving husband and father--just in time for Christmas.

Pistols & Pearls

Meredith Abbott has always dreamed of something grander than marriage to the politician her railroad tycoon father has chosen for her--and who is waiting in Denver to propose. When she's stranded in her father's Pullman in a heavy snowfall with two young stowaways, and gold robbers are bearing down on them, she finds all she needs with a handsome US marshal and her own ingenuity and courage.

Buy Link: https://amzn.to/4r3ajEq

Settle in with a cup of hot chocolate and your cozy socks. Cheryl St.John delivers two Christmas stories with the emotional punch, believable characters & real-life situations that readers have come to love and expect.

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