Way back in 1983 when our oldest was 3 1/2 and our newest addition to the family was only 9 months old, my sister Sandy sent the girls a book for Christmas. It was titled The Gingerbears First Christmas. The book is so sweet, its a story about a family that makes Gingerbears instead of Gingermen. The little bears come to life and help the mom and dad finish all the projects they have for Christmas. The little bears paint the dollhouse, knit a sleeve on a sweater, they string popcorn and wrap presents. All to make life a bit easier for everyone.
Well Santa comes on Christmas eve and sees the work the unselfish Gingerbears have done for the family. Santa gives each Gingerbear a little red heart to show how much heart the little bears have.
The book was instantly a delight to my little one. The very first Christmas of the book, I found a cookie cutter that was a bear. I stayed up late that first christmas we had the book and made little gingerbears with cinnamon red hearts on them and I put them by the cupboards, by the presents, in the tree, hanging from red and green crocheted cords as though they had been climbing all over the place to help with Christmas. My little one was wide eyed when she saw them Christmas morning. From that Christmas on, we have made these Gingerbears. Still they seem to work their magic in our lives. We love our little gingerbears ! These pictures are from the book. More pictures to come showing our Gingerbears.
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