The Old Man’s Christmas (2003)

I once knew an elderly man whose eyes shined when he looked back on his childhood holiday memories.

I know that I’ve written about him before but it has been a long time and I think that it is well worth repeating.

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The man was born in the early 1900’s and the holiday season was not as commercial as it is nowadays. there were

no video games or cd’s to be wished for as they were items that had not been dreamed up yet.

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But dreams did exist back in those days although they were on a more simple basis. As the boy lay in his bed he

pictured Santa Claus bringing him a bag filled with fruit and candy. it was what he had gotten the year before and

the year before that. Nothing else could possibly come to his mind except the wonderful treats that he had come to expect.

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The best part of the holiday really was his mothers’ cooking. She’d cook for just about the whole week before the holiday

arrived. Cookies, candies, and pies would be on the menu and throughout the whole house the smell would give away the

idea that the holiday was on the way.

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Back in those days the out of town relatives would come to the boys’ house and the amount of food would be enormous

as everyone would make sure that there was plenty.

The relatives brought their favorite foods to add to what his mother made. The boy ended up with one huge feast and the

best family gathering each and every year.

That is the part that he remembered and missed the most. The treat bag with the fruit, which included apples, oranges, and

candy was just the icing on the cake.

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He never really thought to ask for anything for the Christmas holiday because he was always afforded just exactly what he needed.

A wonderful Christmas holiday that left him with a lifetime of wonderful memories. it made his eyes shine back then and kept

them shining as an old man everytime he recollected the story of his childhood.

“A wonderful childhood is the reason-

The old mans’ eyes shined during the holiday season!”