Wednesday, December 27, 2017

White Sock Decorations

2001
Years ago Catherine saw some home-made decorations she loved.


They were small white children’s socks into which were dropped the pictures of children in the household.


Catherine made them for different years and those are the decorations she really treasures when she puts them on the tree.


Since I would be here for Christmas, she asked Rebecca if she would go downtown and find some more socks so that I could be added to the tree.


Rebecca and Thomas agreed to go to the Bay and when they got there, Rebecca decided to speak to the clerk with her best French.
2015

“Avey-vous des chausettes pour des enfants blanc?”


The clerk gave her a blank stare.


Rebecca tried again, “Avey-vous des chausettes pour des enfants blanc?”


Again the blank stare.


Thomas was gasping by this time. 


He poked Rebecca and said, “You have said it wrong. You want to ask for white baby socks, not socks for white babies.”


2017
These  will always be our favourite Christmas decorations.


Arta

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    1. If I think about this incident, I break out laughing as well. Just the horror of it, when Rebecca figured out her French faux pas!

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