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My Angel - Christmas Fairy or Angel

1960,
My Angel - Christmas Fairy or Angel
My Angel - Christmas Fairy or Angel
My Angel - Christmas Fairy or Angel
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Item no
39840
Title
My Angel - Christmas Fairy or Angel
Description
The following writing was inspired by wintry objects in the Museum of Childhood collections. The writers are part of 26, a group of writers with a love of words, who have invented a form of writing, called a sestude, consisting of 62 words.

My Angel

'She watches through tinsel and fairy lights. In the box. Out of the box. Years spent looking down on the feast: stolen mistletoe kisses, spiced wine, the game of charades, the snowstorm. And now older, my brothers and I, our silences; our knowing. We don't believe in angels any more and soon, she senses, we'll replace her forever with some bright star.'

By Sara Sheridan

Image: Christmas Angels or Fairies c.1960s
Date
1960
Location
Museum of Childhood