my mother’s black Christmas angels
yesterday i began a photo album as joking documentation of my mother’s addiction to black Christmas angels. while it’s been a good laugh and has prompted my mother to finally say that 46 black angels may be as many as our house can hold, the album has also brought a number of people out from the woodwork, saying, “my mother has been dying to get some black angels for our house. where does your mother find them?”
i asked my mom, and i gave answers to those who asked, but i am still struck by the fact that there is a real demand for something that in my house has been taken for granted and even treated as superfluous. so i decided to share the wealth with tumblrville, in case any of you, or your mothers, have been dreaming of a black Christmas :)
she stays on the lookout pretty much everywhere she goes, and observes that high quality angels seem to be getting more scarce, but her most frequent suppliers have been:
Walmart
Michaels
Amazon.com
JoAnn Fabrics
The Dollar Store (seriously)
Burlington Coat Factory
…and she’s gotten at least two from Rite Aid.
I’m sure this not an exhaustive list. Have you spotted a beautiful black angel somewhere?
