finally the day arrived and we walked up the road to their house and when we went into the formal living room i saw these store bought stockings hanging on the mantle. i got so excited because my sisters and i had never had a store bought stocking!
ethel had a christmas tree with a gift under it for each child and santa claus passed out the gifts. old santa was elbert beard and les gave him two packs of camels for playing santa claus and he said he tried to smoke them all before he got home.
then we had refreshments and when i saw the marshmallows in the hot chocolate i thought i had died and gone to heaven. it was the best drink i had ever had. i don't remember what we had to eat because i was so excited about the marshmallows.
such a simple thing, but what a good memory.
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| and yes, that is my shadow taking a picture of a picture. i am a professional, here me roar. |
