http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/12/20/advent-home-for-christmas/ Where our past is never very long ago Sat, 18 May 2013 21:23:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/12/20/advent-home-for-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-37163 Paul Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:57:10 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9595#comment-37163 Oh, Carol, don’t you remember those first Christmases after marriage? Very, very tough on a newish bride as she sorts out the difference between her family’s traditions and her “new” family — and adding in-laws to the mix can be very hard. I have some compassion for poor Anne. Yes, she seemed a little spoiled, but I suspect some of that is the time the story was written.

]]> http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/12/20/advent-home-for-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-37154 Carol Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:29:33 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9595#comment-37154 I didn’t like this one. Anne is just too selfish for me to care about her and her happy ending. I kept feeling sorry for HER future daughter-in-law.

]]> http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/12/20/advent-home-for-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-37149 kew Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:54:28 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9595#comment-37149 My grandparents were married in 1960, then quickly moved to Germany when my grandfather was commissioned in the Army. They had two children in less than two years, so they didn’t make it home to New York for quite some time. This story, though, reminded me of them. It’s amazing how classic the theme is, because even today one of the major questions of the holidays for newlyweds and young families is which set of parents to visit for Christmas.

]]>