Miz Mick's Place

I REMEMBER WHEN THE TIME (CHRISTMAS) WAS NEAR HOW EXCITED WE WERE! I WOULDN'T DRAW STRAWS ON WHO WAS BEING GOOD, BUT I'M SURE IT WASN'T ME. I TRIED BUT WHEN I GOT A SCOLDING, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY.

THEN ONE NIGHT MOM AND DAD STARTED GATHERING UP THE SOCKS. OF COURSE, EVA AND JOAN HAD TO BORROW THEIR SOCKS FROM BUDDIE AND ME.

THE SOCKS WERE HUNG ALONG THE FIRE PLACE IN A ROW. WE TRIED TO STAY AWAKE AND SEE SANTA BUT WE COULDN'T.
WE WOKE UP CHRISTMAS MORNING AND RAN TO THE STOCKINGS. WOW!
WE FOUND IN EACH STOCKING AN APPLE, AN ORANGE, A TANGERINE AND, LAST OF ALL, A BIG LONG BANANA. NOW, FOR VERY POOR PEOPLE, THAT WAS A WONDER.

THEN WHEN WE REACHED DEEPER IN THE STOCKING, THERE WERE THE LITTLE PIECES OF CHRISTMAS CANDY. YOU HARDLY EVER SEE THAT KIND OF CANDY ANY MORE.
I TRIED TO FIND SOME ONE YEAR BECAUSE I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP UP THE OLD TRADITIONS. STILL,I NEVER DID REMEMBER SEEING A CHRISTMAS TREE BACK THEN.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOME ONE WHO CAN JAR MY MEMORY SO I CAN TELL IT LIKE IT IS.

MOM AND DAD PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY A TREE. THE FRUIT AND FOOD WE HAD WERE MORE IMPORTANT AT THAT TIME.

I'LL GO NOW AND I HOPE I COVERED EVERY THING.
ANYWAY, WE HAVE HAPPY MEMORIES AS WE THINK BACK. BUT, ALSO, WE HAVE SAD ONES AS YOU WILL SEE.