We lived in Montana and the Mts of Washington State when I was a kid and
oranges were a very nice treat

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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> my mom said the best part of christmas was the orange when she was a kid,
> lol, Lee
> "Jacquie" > wrote in message
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>> 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.
>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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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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