I am the proud owner of a collection of Christmas earrings. I have plastic candy canes, wreaths, red high top tennis shoes with a Christmas teddy bear sitting in it, bells, angels, bows, snowmen, snowflakes and Christmas trees.

My collection was started by a little blond hair boy who bought them for me at the school's "Christmas Store". Every year he would add to my collection being very careful not to repeat the same ones I already owned.

I love Christmas and any gift the children picked out was always highly praised and worn with great pride. Now that they are grown I still love looking back and remembering how proud Boy Wonder was to have "picked them out" all by himself.

He would probably disown me now if he saw me wearing them. His fashion sense has greatly improved now that he works in the Big Apple.

If you hear jingling in the background it's just me with my sleigh bell earrings looking over my collection and trying to decide which pair to wear next.

Did your children ever give you "special" Christmas gifts?

Labels: Andy, Monday memories