The Christmas Carousel
It was 1948 and my sister Friedl and I were invited to the Christmas Holiday to be Aunt Katja
Ilona Cole, Story 68
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Marcie Sims is a teacher, author, and editor. She teaches literature/film, composition, and creative writing courses at Green River College in Auburn, WA. She lives on Vashon Island, just a short ferry ride away from Seattle, Washington. She writes fiction (short stories and novels), poetry, composition textbooks and has written one historic overview of Capitol Hill Pages as a former U.S. Senate page herself. View more posts
I will never look at a carousel again in the same way. This is such a sweet and poignant story. The beautiful contemporary scenes against the memories of WWII. The tale of two sisters whose love and lives intertwined to give them the will to face an unknown future. Christmas music takes on new tones, Today, may we remember that in the midst of tragedy, we, too, can welcome Christmas as a season to welcome new life into an unknown future. Ilona help show us the way.
This story is so perfect for the Christmas season and 2nd advent. I could smell the chestnuts and see the snow falling, and picture Ilona