Once upon a time, there was a mother and a daughter who loved Christmas more than anything in the world. When the daughter was growing up, she would watch her mother hand-make the most beautiful Christmas decorations and every year beg to help put them up to decorate the house.

 

The years went by, and soon the daughter had a family and a beautiful house of her own to decorate. One year, the daughter was making a beautiful wreath to hang on her front door when she thought to herself, "I love making these, I wish I could have a shop that sold all of my handmade Christmas decorations." A few more years passed by and at one of the mothers' famed Christmas in July celebrations, the mother exclaimed to her guests "I wish my house was filled with Christmas cheer all year 'round!" That same year, the mother was visiting her daughter when the daughter was looking for the perfect Christmas decorations to fit into her theme of Australian Natives. The mother suggested that the daughter just make whatever idea was in her head. The daughter nodded, and said "but surely other people would like the same decorations that I will make, I have never seen anything like these in the shops or at the markets." The mother then declared that since they both love making Christmas decorations, they should start making decorations for others and sell them at market stalls so everyone could have the chance to dress their homes with the beautiful handmade decorations that they themselves dress their homes in at Christmas time. 

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"And besides," said the mother, "if we are making Christmas decorations all the time, I'll never have to take mine down and it can be Christmas all year 'round!"

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And they all lived Happily, and  Merrily, ever after. 

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