When I was nee/high to a grass hopper best thing that I remember about Christmas was---
Two weeks before Christmas day the Christmas Tree was fetched out from the cupboard for us to trim up. The only problem was the LIGHTS that went on the tree, dad would plug in the lights and they would never work, so we would spend at least an hour tightening all the blubs up but still they would not light up, so then it was to the plug to see if any wires had come loose yes there it was a lone wire sticking up. Bingo the lights worked, of course the Christmas lights of yesteryear are not a patch on the