Christmas at home always drove me insane, and I attribute that fact to my mother.
As the youngest of five children, and with both parents and a grandmother all living under the same Italian Catholic roof, I was keenly aware of how tight money was.
That’s how madness starts, you see through necessity.
As a simple matter of survival, my mom shopped by buying items in bulk, never threw anything out that could possibly be used later, purchased anything on sale in case someone might need it some day, and made coupons a way of life. This led to such holiday traditions as all of us kids trotting down to the grocery store and buying, say, two cans of corn each because there was a “two can per person” limit on the purchase. Or on Christmas day we had to open gifts by neatly cutting the tape with scissors because wrapping paper is not only expensive, but it’s still in plenty good condition for next year’s presents.
Maureen McCormick shared a snap of her favorite
Brady Bunch guest star and wrote he was forever in her heart in the caption. The man who had the honor of this distinction was former Monkees member Davy Jones.
In a Throwback Thursday snap, Maureen shared three images taken from the set of the television episode, which is a longtime favorite of Davy fans.
The premise of the story was that the eldest daughter of the clan was the president of the local branch of the Davy Jones fan club. She read a letter written to her by Davy that said if she ever needed anything to just ask. They needed a person to perform at the junior high school prom, and she suggested the former Monkees member. As it turned out, Davy was going to be in town making an appearance. Marcia told her prom committee that she could secure the singer as a guest but had a hard time getting to him until she snuck into his recording session. He would later learn of her attempts to see him, and he appeared at her home, wi