Christmas Memories

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i had chicken pox when i was three so i wasn't really invited to a family reunion. the parents left me with the in-law g-parents on christmas eve, none of which i remember. i DO remember them walking in with santa later that evening. he gave me a present and read me a story and left. made for a cute photograph. mom confessed - only recently - that they found that santa walking down the street, smelling of beer and carrying a brown-bagged drink. they felt that the only appropriate thing to do was ask him to put the drink down and hand him a toy they'd stored in the trunk of the car. that man could have been a serial killer. at least it made for a good story.

and my mom snatched a cabbage patch doll out of someone else's cart so i would have one when i was little. i don't think she regrets it at all.