The old house sighed its last creak. It uttered a final groan as warming fires lessened and glowing coals were banked. Then the night was still, holding itself breathless as the dawn of another Missouri Christmas arrived and three pairs of young eyes grew wide with delight.
The eyes of the youngest child grew the widest and glittered the brightest. Under the tree were three beautiful sleds. One sled was smaller than the others. Upon it perched a velvet-soft, button-eyed teddy. The littlest girl's Missouri Christmas was complete.
This article could be describing many Christmases on the Great Plains, and in a variety of time periods. The war was World War II. The story is one of many childhood memories that I cherish of that Missouri farm. I loved that teddy for many years thereafter.
To celebrate Christmas on the Internet learn some of the histories of the season see:
YULE TIDE HISTORIES http://www.geocities.com/wystful_1/Chris... This is a beautiful, multi-paged site. It is one of finest I discovered concerning Christmas.
SANTA'S ORIGINS http://www.lnstar.com/mall/main-areas/sa... Here is a vast assortment, from many lands, of the various origins of Santa.
Don't Forget to Visit Our SUITE 101 UNIVERSITY: your place for online learning! A new course has been added and is now in progress: THE GREAT AMERICAN WEST, 1861 to 1876, written and instructed by Mary Trotter Kion. http://www.suite101.com/course.cfm/17161...
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