In the 1960s, growing up on Jefferson Street in Stamford, I knew that the decorating was complete when my Daddy placed an angel with golden hair, a candle in her hand, and silver stitches around a gown, on the Christmas tree.  My Mom bought her at the Woolworth’s Five-and-Dime on Atlantic Street.  Daddy put the smiling beauty on the tree top and set a yellow lightbulb under her wings.  Her sheer rank hailed her significance.

Published in The Stamford Advocate newspaper, December, 2022.