All I Need Today Is A Little Bit Of Illinois Fighting Illini And A Whole Lot Of Jesus T shirt

All I Need Today Is A Little Bit Of Illinois Fighting Illini And A Whole Lot Of Jesus T shirt

My parents were married on December 19th, so we always put the Christmas tree up on their anniversary. Most of the All I Need Today Is A Little Bit Of Illinois Fighting Illini And A Whole Lot Of Jesus T shirt we used store bought decorations on the tree, but one year my mother wanted a natural tree. So my brothers and I spent hours drawing and gluing and cutting out paper decorations. We also strung popcorn and cranberries that year. The only thing that wasn’t homemade was the lights and the icycles. It was a wonderful tree, and my mom still has those old paper decorations. Both of my brothers are gone from us now, so each year I put two of the paper decorations on the tree in honor of them. On Christmas Eve, we got to open one gift, and it was always pajamas. When bedtime came, we would put on our new pj’s and put a glass of milk and some homemade cookies on a little tray and put it in the living room for Santa. During the night “Santa” left gifts wrapped up in colorful paper and ribbons, and he always ate the cookies and drank the milk. We were always told to get to bed on time, because Santa couldn’t come if we were still awake.

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All I Need Today Is A Little Bit Of Illinois Fighting Illini And A Whole Lot Of Jesus T shirt hoodie, tank top, sweater and long sleeve t-shirt

In the beginning, Sundblom painted the image of Santa using a live model — his friend Lou Prentiss, a All I Need Today Is A Little Bit Of Illinois Fighting Illini And A Whole Lot Of Jesus T shirt. When Prentiss passed away, Sundblom used himself as a model, painting while looking into a mirror. Finally, he began relying on photographs to create the image of St. Nick. People loved the Coca-Cola Santa images and paid such close attention to them that when anything changed, they sent letters to The Coca-Cola Company. One year, Santa’s large belt was backwards (perhaps because Sundblom was painting via a mirror). Another year, Santa Claus appeared without a wedding ring, causing fans to write asking what happened to Mrs. Claus. The children who appear with Santa in Sundblom’s paintings were based on Sundblom’s neighbors — two little girls. So he changed one to a boy in his paintings. The dog in Sundblom’s 1964 Santa Claus painting was actually a gray poodle belonging to the neighborhood florist. But Sundblom wanted the dog to stand out in the holiday scene, so he painted the animal with black fur.

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