We got the clothes and stuff we needed too, plus a couple of toys. Our
stockings always had fruit and nuts in them, nothing else's...once and a
while maybe a couple of pieces of candy and a candy cane. We always used one
of our own stockings to hang(I always made sure it was the stockings that
went to the knee..LOL) we never had those red fuzzy stockings we have today.
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>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>>> what a great attitude, when i was a kid there were a few years where
>>> parents didn't have a lot of money, so daddy would present us with a
>>> list of things to choose from and we all got one family gift, the only
>>> one i remember is the year we choose the pool table... pricey if
>>> purchased, but my dad went to a pool supply house and bought felt, slate
>>> cups, and accessories, and built the actual table, i was little enough i
>>> let older brother talk me into it not having a clue what it was... its
>>> now living in the basement at my moms and is over fourty years old and
>>> in great condition because he has replaced the felt and rubbers a few
>>> times. Lee
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>> I didn't realize it when I was a kid but most of what Santa gave us were
>> necessary items. Pajamas, maybe a robe, always socks and underwear.
>> Once in a while I would get a new dress and my brother would usually get
>> pants and a shirt. Toothbrushes in our stockings.
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> Same, we got a lot of clothes (none that I liked, lol but clothes just the
> same) books (I liked the "annuals" and stuff like Famous Five etc) and
> bits and pieces of stationery, cheap games a couple of small toys all in
> the Santa bag. There was a stocking that had chips, lollies and some cheap
> little thing or two and one "big" present. My favourite was a 3 wheeler
> bike with a bell and a tray at the back
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>> When Angela was little she always expected Santa to put things in all of
>> our stockings. For mine I would either buy things that I knew I would be
>> needing or I would find extras of things around the house and just put
>> them in there. She never knew. She just thought Santa did a good job of
>> giving me what I needed!
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> Clever Santa
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