PK Pack

This was my mother’s entry into my class memory book:

I remember getting presents, but I don’t remember how much I got or the year I received them.

What I do remember is my brother and sister and I preparing for Christmas. We didn’t have a lot of money, but my mother would give us each $5. We would always shop at one of the few stores in town, the Five and Dime. We bought for our parents, grandparents and one another. I will never forget the excitement of planning and picking out those gifts.

As teenagers, the three of us would go out together to find, cut down and bring home a Christmas tree for everyone to decorate.

I love Christmas with my children now, but I will always want to be with my family for part of Christmas.

Thanksgiving will arrive in a few days and Christmas looms less than a month away.  I thought it would be nice to add holiday memories. I will add posts from my Christmas memories, both recent and those found in my contribution to my fifth-grade group’s Christmas memory collection written Dec. 6, 1995.