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To: snugs

They showed the First Family's stockings hanging by the fireplace. W's was the biggest, with "George" stitched on it in gold lettering. Laura's stocking was the smallest for some reason.


114 posted on 12/06/2006 5:49:00 PM PST by silent_jonny (Nothing Less Than Victory)
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To: silent_jonny

Those stockings looked to me like homemade things, maybe made by Laura's mom. I found them rather heartwarming.


117 posted on 12/06/2006 5:50:14 PM PST by Miss Marple (Lord, thank you for Mozart Lover's son's safe return, and look after Jemian's son, please!)
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To show how times have changed, when I was a kid, we'd get stockings with nuts, an orange, a candy cane, and some small toy, earrings or cosmetic item depending on age. Simple little food items that we were ours and that we didn't have to ask adults for.

When I did that with my son, once he got to a certain age, he complained about it. I think that walnuts, oranges, etc were special to the season back then. We just didn't see a lot of them at other times of the year. Now, other than the candy cane, few treats are special; everything is available all year. I guess that's good in some ways, not so good in others.


188 posted on 12/06/2006 6:40:44 PM PST by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking, guts you coward.)
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