Your Fondest Gift From Childhood

WOW!!! thanks, Eva!!!

You know, I never thought to buy a box like that. Tomorrow is pay day and I have some last minute Christmas shopping to do. I just might get some crayons!

I DID get an inflatable goat once, which gave me minutes of pleasure.

I bet.

You're sick, LE.

Tico - watch your PM's.

No, he's a mason.

Oh my!!!

We give presents to the kids we see at work....and this year there were a few beautiful, HUGE, boxes of pencils and pastel pencils.

It was all I could do not to make off with them!



I think the gift that gave me most joy was two mice.


I was so hoping for a boy and a girl, so that we would have little mice.

We did.


And a little microscope. Oh man. I loved it.

That is GREAT, Deb!

Hmm. Situation was a lot like Squinney. We never did have much money, but somehow we always got spoiled at Xmas.

One year, it was looking like it would be a christmas morning with only mom, my bro and I. Dad worked out of province a lot, and was due for christmas eve day. Gramps was gone too, due back on Xmas day.
Rail workers.

Xmas eve there was a blizzard. Huge, if you live in these parts you'll probably remember it. No phone calls, dad not back.
I can still remember us being told to get into our pyjamas as mom paced in front of our big front window with the phone in her hand.
At that time, we had a 'fancy' sitting room which us kids were not allowed to be in with food. Mom let us sit with her there and eat our bedtime snack.
That's when I started really worrying.

Was sent to bed and told not to worry.

In the middle of the night, dad woke me up. I remember I was crying. My dad was my world. I had all kinds of little kid horror stories in my head of what had happened to him (always was a kid with a strong and horrible imagination!).

Dad let me get up and gave me one of my presents. The present from 'him and mom'.
That's how they did it. Santa gave most presents, mom and dad gave us one 'little one'.

It was just me and dad and I got a gymnast ribbon and dance shoes.
I had wanted it so bad.

Next morning everyone was up super early and we went sledding off our roof! Our house wasn't very big and the snow formed a nice hill off it in the back. We went trudging around the neighborhood and lots of kids were out playing. It was the coolest thing ever.