Pink Saturday- No Place Like Home for the Holidays

Welcome to Pink Saturday. This weeks theme is Favorite Holiday Music. I love all songs of Christmas but one in particular is special to me. "No Place Like Home for the Holidays". Being a military wife we traveled a lot and lived in many different places. I come from a very large family with lots of sisters and brothers and it was hard to have a Christmas without my family. I soon found out that the military is a family all its own. There were times when my husband would be on a military cruise lasting seven to nine months leaving my children and me alone for the holidays. But we lived in military housing which meant there were other families experiencing the same thing. They were our friends. We would all get together - mostly wives and children - cook up our special recipes, bring in Santa dressed in his finest (sometimes Santa was female) and have the best time with our children. It helped ease the loneliness for a while. So "No Place Like Home for the Holidays" had different meanings for me - being with my "big family" back in Florida, or it could mean having your husband home sharing the holidays with the children.

Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays
'Cause no matter how far away you roam
When you pine for the sunshine Of a friendly face
For the holidays, you can't beat Home, sweet home.

I met a man who lives in Tennessee And he was headin' for Pennsylvania
And some home made pumpkin pie From Pennsylvania folks a travelin' down
To Dixie's sunny shore From Atlantic to Pacific, gee
The traffic is terrific.

Oh there's no place like home For the holidays, 'cause no matter
How far away you roam If you want to be happy in a million ways
For the holidays, you can't beat Home, sweet home.

For Pink Saturday I am showing one of my favorite ornaments - a Pink Flamingo. This pretty little bird is made from a gourd, painted pink with pink feathers attached. I just love Flamingos even though we do not see them in this part of Florida. As we traveled during our years in the military, Flamingos always reminded me of home. Please stop by Ms. Beverly at How Sweet the Sound to view the other pinks for this week. Merry Christmas, everyone.