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Do you have a Christmas Menu?
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"Jacquie" > wrote in message
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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.
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> "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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>>>>>> "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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