Reminds me of the "Brighter Christmas Fund" the local paper here runs. Everyday they tell the story of someone or some family who can use a little help at Christmas time. There are some truly hard luck stories and then there are the ones that used to irritate the hell of me. They were the stories where the mother was working 2 jobs and trying to carry all the burden because the father coudn't find a job. And this when the factory I worked in was begging people to work there!
Puhleese! The only thing these men couldn't find is a job they deem worthy of their time. They'd rather sit on their asses than feed their families by working at a job with only an average pay rate.
Anyway, I think enough people complained that there aren't any more stories like that.
On a lighter note, anyone remember getting fruit for Christmas and it being special? Our landlord when I was growing up always gave us a huge box of fruit and nuts for Christmas. It was wonderful!
And the one present I remember the most was Disney books. I can vividly remember the dark purple of some of the illustrations in Sleeping Beauty.
