, Dec. 20, 1973 I do? He won’t know we are to all be together through the clothes and put some food in our stockings.
YOUR LAND
AND MY LAND"
by Hasel Hayes
A Christinas to Remember
We heard Papa stomping
his feet on the back porch be
fore he came into the kitchen.
He brushed the snow off his
shoulders and shook his cap.
“I’m afraid we can’t make
it to the other farm for Christ
mas. The snow is still coming
down.”
“But what will Santa Claus
here and the rest of the fam winter at the new place.
ily up there,” tearfully object
The parents sat down at the
ed little Cathy.
kitchen table. What to do? The
"Now, Kathy, don’t’ cry,” sturdy old bob-sled stood out
soothed Mamma. “You know in the shed, two strong, steady
it’s a long sixteen miles and horses in the barn, and five
dejected people in the kitchen.
we are having a bad storm.”
“If we go now do you think
1906-07 had brought hard
times. Too much rain and a we could make it?” suggested
tornado had ruined crops. Fa Mamma.
Papa shook his head — “We
ther had an opportunity to buy
a top-notch farm and jumped might all freeze".
“We have some soapstones,
at the chance but for three
years he had tried to sell the there are some bricks by the
home farm — no one had the back steps, even some flat
irons. I’ll heat them in the
money.
The four
older children, oven. We can wrap them in
ages 15, 13, 10 and 8 were on old quilts.”
“I could put straw in the
the new farm trying to get the
corn husked before winter. bottom of the bobsled and
Papa, Mamma and the three cover it with that piece of
little ones were finishing the canvas”, mused Papa. “Bundle
work on the old farm, planning I the children in their warmest
a basket.”
“We should take all our
quilts and blankets”.
The wind was cold and snow
drifts bothered some, but we
made it safe and sound.
The big
sister (thirteen
years old) had chicken with
homemade noodles ready for
us, and a big chocolate cake
with apple sauce.
In the comer of the parlor
stood a Christmas tree from
the woods all decorated with
strings of popcorn and chains
made from colored paper.
There were no wrapped
p-esents under the tree.
That evening after we were
thawed out, we hung our
stockings but there was no [
fireplace — only a heating1
stove. Chairs with knobs held |
In the morning there was
only one present per person—
Santa Claus did the best he
could. As I remember, my mo
ther received a small box of
stationery, the sister just older
than myself and I found each
a doll in our stockings. Other
than that I don’t remember the
presents.
There never was a happier
Christmas. We were all toge
ther again.
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