13 WINTER TEXAN TIMES www.wintertexantimes.com JANUARY 4, 2023 Supply &Hardware Mobile Home Special Orders Available Ask about our daily Manager Specials! PETECO, INC. 2911 N. Cesar Chavez Rd. San Juan, TX 78589 956-787-2847 petecotransport@gmail.com We Do Tie-Down Certification SAVE 10% OFF Your Entire Purchase When You Bring In This Ad *Conditions apply, see store for details. Offer expires March 31, 2023. TRANSPORT • Sales & Installations • Vinyl Skirting & Tie Downs • Custom Steps made of Wood & Metal • Door & Windows • Plumbing & Electric • Used Mobile Homes Sales Financing Available petecotransport@gmail.com Ph: (956) 787-2847 or (956) 787-0413 We Buy Mobile Homes 2911 N Cesar Chavez Rd. San Juan, TX 78589 Family Owned & Operated Over 30 Years Christmas memories and a Happy New Year Brrr! It’s been cold. Too cold for me to go exploring. My South Texas blood is just not ready for winter weather. And was it ever cold and windy at the beach. A few hearty souls walked the beach probably looking for that prize shell that all of us hope to find. Those angry, wind tossed waves surely must have brought a real find to some adventurous soul. Me? I just stayed inside and watched from the window as those braver than I searched so diligently for that elusive prize. Hopefully none of you were traveling on icy roads and hopefully no one lost their heat. Regardless of the cold, Christmas time is still a wonderful time of the year. That was the case for our family. The cold may have made us enjoy each other even more as we huddled around the dining table enjoying the special treats and recalling the celebrations of the past. We laughed as we recalled the time the Christmas tree fell over on our petite little grandmother. That certainly interrupted the gift opening. Ever after, we used fishing wire to tie the tree to a ceiling beam. Or the time it took all night to assemble a piece of toy furniture … Santa was surely tired when it was time to open the gifts – never again did Santa wait until Christmas eve to assemble anything. The youngest in the family plays the part of Santa as he carefully selects one gift at a time for a family member to open. This way everybody shares in the joy of the one who is receiving the gift. Another custom is to prepare in advance your favorite pies and a selection of cookies. Three pecan pies, two pumpkin pies, and at least three or four different kinds of cookies to snack on kept us quite busy. When the day was finished, we all sat around the dinner table playing our favorite board games. This year, we added a new game. Perhaps you have already played this one – it is called Sorry. Finally, after about ten games, I moved up from last place to fourth. And so, a few more memories were added to all the Christmas stories from the past. Once upon a time, I decorated the tree with a different theme each year. One year, the tree was decorated only with silver and red birds. Another year the tree had only gold and silver bells along with silver icicles and silver snowflakes. Another year, the tree had only straw ornaments. Lately, the tree has become a conglomeration of all the years with each ornament holding a special memory. A few go back sixty or more years. Now it is time to turn our thoughts H e e h h l , l e l l , t See ON THE ROAD pg. 18
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