Oh, Nan - thanks for transporting us with you to a different time - - when there were few sniveling Gimme-Gimmee/I WANT critters the old Santa would have given a lump of coal..:)))
May we all capture and appreciate the true spirit of giving, and gracious receiving, and honestly honor the One Who was Born on Earth that we could know Love..
I guess my childhood in rural Tenn. during the Depression years made me intolerant of selfishness. People don't know what deprivation is these days in America.