Would you want to be able to go back in time , to the Christmases of yesteryears? During the holidays most of us are in a hurry. In a hurry to shop for gifts and today the gifts are not like they were when we were little. Today it’s games, and I Phones, laptops, computers. Where are the days of settling for a little rag doll or a little red wagon? And we didn’t have these fancy stockings to fill, mine was a brown stocking of mine. It worked just fine as far as I am concerned, We got them filled up with lots of goodies. Let me tell you a nice little story I read in a book I bought at a pawn shop about a certain Christmas long ago. My favourite Christmas happened long ago. I was only 7 years old at the time and I remember it as if it were only yesterday. My parents , my sister Loretta and brother Andy and I lived on the outskirts of town. My parents lived in this old log cabin. It was heated with an oil furnace and it took all the money we had to keep us fed and warm. But it was ok, we had enough to eat and were warm. But at the end of October my Dad was laid off from work, with no chance of working there again because the factory closed down. My Dad would get up early in the morning and walk to town to look for work and come back home without any luck . The end of November ,still no job for Dad and we missed out on the county picnic. December found us still in the same situation, no job and our oil was going down fast. We usually put up our tree in the middle of December but not this year. Mom kept telling us that Santa had been good to us in the past years and this year would be no different. December 23 came, a cold ,cloudy day with a little bit of snow. We wanted our tree but Mom said she wasn’t sure we could get a tree. We reminded her that tomorrow was Christmas Eve and that Santa wouldn’t leave any presents if we had no tree. We heard a truck pull up and it was Uncle Tom. He worked at a fish plant and he was single. He was all smiles and soon so were we. He went to the back of the truck and pulled out the most beautiful Christmas Tree. It smelled of fresh spruce and there were little bits of snow on the branches. Mom had tears in her eyes and Dad put his arms around her. Mom grabbed Uncle Tom and gave him a big hug along with a thank you, thank you. We decorated our tree that very same night with ornaments we had in our attic. Our tree was beautiful. Christmas Eve we were so excited and had a hard time sleeping. I heard voices downstairs, was it Santa? He had let one of his elves in our house? I snuck down the stairs and I saw Dad putting a little wagon for Andy. He painted it a bright red. Mom was combing a little doll’s hair and putting a yellow ribbon on it. Dad said “wasn’t that good of them?” Sure was, replied Mom, I only hope someday we can pay them back. I went back to bed and woke up to the smell of something wonderful. Loretta ,Andy and I jumped up and ran downstairs. Oh there was the wagon, Loretta found the little doll and I had a beautiful Eaton’s doll. The wonderful smell turned out to be the turkey. It was the most perfect day. Mom and Dad were standing in the corner being happy for us. By late March Dad had a job again. Years later I found out that all Mom’s brothers and sisters had put money together and got us our Christmas. A Christmas I will always remember.” I do hope you have enjoyed the little story and when Christmas time nears, a little story from your past about Christmas would be nice to share with your children or grandchildren. Now seeing we are back to the present , I would like to share a few of my products that you can find at
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