My favorite memory for the Easter season was when my Mom and my sisters would go into the city to purchase our Easter finery including a new hat, shoes, coat and dress. Folks were not rich but we always got a new hat for sure since we all wore hats to church. Most of the other clothes were salvaged from one child to the next and since I was the oldest and biggest I usually got the new things. Mom made a lot of the clothes so we were most likely to be found in the fabric shop...except for the HAT!
