I've always disliked the old massive crystal chandelier of the living room,
perhaps because it required complicated operations to clean it properly.
Mum detached one by one all the crystal pendants and used,
and perhaps still uses, an old toothbrush to scrub then,
one by one, thoroughly, with a detergent of secret composition.
But the worse part of the procedure
was at the moment to hang on every crystal pendant
once again at their place...
I think that one of the positive sides of not living with my parents anymore
is exactly to have been able to get rid of the duties related with the crystal chandelier!