For weeks I would consider what gift I could give to each family member for Christmas. I never had much money, so it was necessary to be creative. Sometimes I decorated IOUs or made some other homemade gifts that I, perhaps, had made in school. At least once, Kathleen took me to Twigbees, a special branch of the department store Higbees which was around at Christmas time. It was stocked with gifts children could afford.
It was great fun to plan to fill the stocking of the family member whose name I had drawn. I loved keeping it a secret, while at the same time trying to figure out who everyone else had.
I tried hard to be good and kind so that when I put my shoes out on the stairs at night, I would find a mint or orange slice or some other sweet left in the night by Santa's elves. I recall a few times actually seeing elf tracks on the railing and window sill outside the sunroom. I kept my eyes peeled, but never got a glimpse of those sneaky little spies.-Margaret
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