I love this time of year! Brings back so many memories, family gatherings at my Grandmothers house. Having Family and Friends around from Thanksgiving to New Years, this tradition thankfully goes on.

One of the fondest memories I have is my Grandmother sitting myself and my cousins (all 12 of us) down at the large dinning room table before Thanksgiving and giving each of us old enough to do the task, our own piece of her precious silver she would proudly display on the marble topped buffet during the Holidays and special occasions. These cherished heirlooms, like the ornate carved and marble topped buffet with the beveled mirror that line the back of it; along with this silver service set and silverware were cared for lovingly by my Gram. She had her own silver cleaning poltice that she used. It was a chore that we loved to do to see who could get their piece shine the best!

Then came the month leading to Christmas! Much to do for the children during that time. Popping the popcorn and stringing it for the tree. Creating our own oriments made from tin foil or macaroni and glue. Keeping little hands busy.

It was also a good way for my Grandmother to get her girls (6 of them including my mother) there to do the Holiday cleaning. The polishing of the whole house it seemed. The Mahogany wood moldings around the doorways and entry ways, the hard wood staircase and railing, also Mahogany. The marble, that made up the foyer floor, on the foyer table, around the fireplace in the living room. I remember the women in our family on their hands and knees polishing that marble floor. Once the cleaning and the polishing was done. Our piece of polished silver placed on the newly cleaned and shined marble topped buffet to be displayed and await the next journey in the holiday, The decorating! Decking the halls, getting just the right tree, decorating. Each week a different task until December 25th. Then on to the Feast we would have on Christmas day and again on New years day. Everyone has their fond memories of the Holiday season, I continue to have mine and make new ones for my own family, children and grandchildren.

Today, I do have one of the heirlooms that I remember so fondly. The marble topped Foyer Table. And have hand always polished it the way I was taught growing up. However today, the polishing of the past is no longer the labor intensive job it was 40 years ago I have found. We have the highest quality company in stone care here in Fort Lauderdale. Colonial Floor Care has been in service since 1986 helping people shine up the marble, terrazzo, granite, all natural stone and even concrete! Holiday time is the right time to put your better foot forward, shine up the halls before you deck them. Let Colonial Floor Care help you with the cleaning and polishing, allowing you to Deck the Halls with your Holiday Trim. Call today at 954-566-4555 for Ft. Lauderdale and Broward county and Miami Dade County at 305-731-2242, Palm Beach County at 561-337-140. Start a new Holiday tradition of polishing your marble or other stone surfaces with Colonial Floor Care.