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My Aunt lived in Idaho , had a pear tree , there is nothing like a ripe pear
picked off the tree.....yummm.

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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> my mom grew up in the back woods of MO so if they didn't grow it/can it it
> didn't get bought often if it were fruit, my grandmother canned apples,
> berries of all types and pears that they grew, citrus was a real treat,
> Lee
> "Jacquie" > wrote in message
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>> We lived in Montana and the Mts of Washington State when I was a kid and
>> oranges were a very nice treat
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>> "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.
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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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