Silver bells...

When I was a child, Main Streets were still the place where everyone shopped. In those pre-mall days, the adults and and children spent allowances downtown. At Christmastime, the windows of the hardware store and the dime store, the office supply store, the drug store, the shoes store all had window decorated and lighted up. My sisters and I looked forward to seeing the decorations.



It would follow then, that I was quite excited to take my granddaughter walking along Main Street in a town nearby where I have been working of late. She came down with her granddad to a retirement reception for one of my co-workers. We were meeting friends for dinner and a musicale at the high school and had some time between those events to do some window shopping/gazing.
I'm not sure which of us enjoyed it more. I was happy to experience with her something I loved during when I was her age.

Some of the stores played music that sounded outside. I heard it but cannot really tell you what songs they played. In my mind, I was hearing the words from one of my favorite carols that we used to sing together:

Silver bells, silver bells It's Christmas time in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them sing Soon it will be Christmas day City sidewalks, busy sidewalks. Dressed in holiday style In the air There's a feeling of Christmas Children laughing People passing Meeting smile after smile And on ev'ry street corner you'll hear Silver bells, silver bells It's Christmas time in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas day Strings of street lights Even stop lights Blink a bright red and green As the shoppers rush home with their treasures Hear the snow crunch See the kids bunch This is Santa's big scene And above all this bustle You'll hear Silver bells, silver bells It's Christmas time in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them sing Soon it will be Christmas day

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