[blindkid] Holiday Decorating Blind

[Mark Feliz]

Hello parents:

whether the real thing or artificial decorating is a great family activity. 
Please get your blind children involved--describe to them what everything 
looks like, in time they will equate the visual with their sense of sound 
and touch and smell. I am a blind parent and I taught my own three sighted 
children how to decorate the outside. Now they have taken on this tradition 
with very little guidance from me.

Merry Christams


Mark Feliz

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
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Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:09 PM
Subject: [blindkid] Holiday Decorating Blind


> Hello Carrie and listers,
>
>    You could also try Frasier. Glad there is someone else who enjoys 
> having
> real Christmas trees besides us. We bought a 7-foot Frasier Fir tree last
> week and finished decorating it yesterday evening before sitting down to
> watch "It's a Wonderful Life."
>
>    Frasier Fir Trees remind me of the Balsam Firs we would buy when I 
> lived
> in Massachusetts. Both trees have short very tight needles. I like running
> my hands through the branches and feeling them brush against my palms. I
> often tell Mary that I enjoy, "Petting the t5ree." Perhaps it's a way to
> connect with Christmases past in  what I call my "Old Country."
>
> If you get them as fresh as possible they'll last quite a while. I've 
> heard
> of people keeping live Christmas Trees up well in to the new year; even 
> here
> in South Texas.
>
>    Our tree is so fresh that we needed to let it set up for two nights
> before it was ready to take lights. Mary and I do all of our own Christmas
> decorating. Once the tree or decorations arrive here we take over and put
> them up ourselves. Parents don't be afraid to involve your blind children 
> in
> holiday decorating activities. Mom
> encouraged me to assist with putting up the tree when I was very young
> around 4 or 5 years old to be exact. Happy decorating and may you all have 
> a
> blessed holiday season.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
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