Christmas time!!!... Penny!

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......Penny loved Christmas! ALL of Christmas!! The Christmas decorations, the Christmas tree, the Christmas cards, and of course, the Christmas gifts!...that was why, when she chopped Albert into all those pieces.....

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Sybil Bruncheon’s “Christmas time!!!... Nancy!”

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......Nancy was so excited in her new apartment! It was her first Christmas away from home! She had started her job as a bank teller in Tucson, and had promised herself that she would take no help from her family. She watched her budget and was very careful. And now three months later, she had just enough money for a sweet little Christmas tree, a few ornaments, and a nice doggie from the pound that she used as her sofa, two armchairs, a footstool, a vanity and dresser, mattress with two pillows, dining table with chair, and bath mat. .... and he only bit her once....

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A Christmas wish.....don't look up.....

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....".and Christmas tree?? ...my special secret Christmas wish is that I will get a doll that will wet itself but never cry, and a rubber ball that can go though a wall, and that little Billy will be able to walk even if I run him over with my shiny new car...oh, and one other thing.... that no one will find the dead parakeet up in the chandelier!!" 

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A Christmas wish.....a boy's life.....

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....".and Christmas tree?? ...my special secret Christmas wish is that little Oliver, who I'm teaching to pick pockets, will maybe someday ...maybe... like me?...no! REALLY LIKE ME!....like boyfriends!! Full out BOYFRIENDS! Cause he's a really good kisser! And we can save up our money and buy a little rooming house somewhere in Whitechapel, or maybe in Notting Hill .... oh, and one other thing! Can we please NOT have Fagin be our Maid-Of-Honor???"..."

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A Christmas wish.....the heart of the tree.....

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....".and Christmas tree?? ...my special secret Christmas wish is that, even though Mother and Father never wanted children and always tell me how I wasn't actually born but came to them in a box of shredded wheat as a "gift premium", they will somehow stop making me hide INSIDE the tree every time Father's boss comes by for dinner?... oh, and one other thing! If I have to keep hiding inside the tree, can I at least stop making tinkling sounds, and maybe hum Christmas carols like "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" or "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"? Thank you for the itch powder from last year. I still have some!" 

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OUR HOLIDAY HERITAGE! ....Children and their toys......

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..... Yes, Folks, it's important to remember that even though there are still terrible cases of child abuse and neglect in our own time, in ages past people were much more cavalier in their treatment of children, even among the rich. In Victorian times, if a child was at all sickly or given to "fevers" or "spells", a parent might decide to abandon them by a roadside, sell them to gypsies, a carnival, or a munitions factory.... or perhaps, if they could afford it, buy them an expensive Christmas present that said and did things in the middle of the night that would simply frighten a child to death....or drive them to suicide. Perhaps you had a toy like that, but you knew better than to give in to such suggestions!...or perhaps you just killed the toy before it could kill YOU! That's what I did!!!...

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OUR THANKSGIVING HERITAGE!!.... the occasional heartbreak of growing up at Thanksgiving time...

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Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, (and I use those terms loosely!) along with the wholesome lessons about our national day of thanks, there is also the poignant side of the holiday tradition. How many of us as youngsters were shocked when we read John Steinbeck's "The Red Pony", "The Yearling" by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, or "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson??..... what started out as simple fables of beloved animals and the children that adored them ends in horror and tragedy. That is why, as parents (or friendly adults in the neighborhood!) we must always be careful when allowing our young people to bond with animals that start out as companions...and end up as entrées!

I am reminded of the lovely Ferguson family over on Elco Drive whose three boys ranging in age from 3 to 7 years of age, and with the brightest (almost glaring!) smiles, became quite enamoured with a local turkey named Big Tom at the Clara-Lou Spinnaker Petting Zoo. It was during a charity drive that Mayor Fred Buffington of the town raffled off a complete Thanksgiving dinner with all the side dishes to raise money for a new roof for the Shriner's Lodge Animal Husbandry Pavilion. Every Thursday after school the Ferguson boys would run to the petting zoo to feed their special turkey and pet him and tell him about their school activities; an A+ on a Sumatran geography test, a three-run homer in the Pee Wee League semi-finals, the new wheels on the lavender Soap-Box Derby cart, or being cast as Macbeth in the 3rd grade "Let's Like Shakespeare Pageant"...

And then...one afternoon, it happened. Tom's pen was empty. The boys' dismay immediately alarmed their parents Doug and Kimberly, and the head manageress of the zoo, Miss Edith Kranque. Before the tears could start falling, the adults quickly brought Big Tom out from the janitor's store room where he had been put along with all the Chinese food containers of candied yams with orange zest and apricots, the rustic mashed potatoes, the crunchy buttered Brussels sprouts, the green beans with slivered almonds, the celery, chestnut, and oyster stuffing, and the many other delicious side dishes that the lucky prize winners had won! The grown-ups explained that Tom had just gotten a "haircut" and was taking a nap, and that everyone should whisper about their day at school, but "not to wake him up"!....

The boys were much relieved, although little Dickie said he couldn't see Tom's head, but MIss Kranque explained that birds like to tuck their heads under their wings when they sleep...even if their wing was missing feathers and had a light coat of herbed butter with sage on it!!.... And then it was 6 o'clock and time for the boys to go home. There was just one more problem; the Ferguson family happened to have been the lucky winners of the raffle!!... an unhappy coincidence!... Miss Kranque asked Doug and Kimberly what they would like to do... they looked over at the boys petting Tom and getting all buttery. They were smiling those special smiles  that childen do with beloved pets, so Doug and Kimberly decided they'd rather donate the dinner to The Wayward Wives Of Sailors Home on the corner of Key Street and Holgate..... And on the Friday after Thanksgiving, they would tell the boys that Tom had moved to sunny Ft. Lauderdale, where Grandma used to live ....before she passed away...

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OUR THANKSGIVING HERITAGE...... "Freedom From Want"....

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... Friends! Did you know that in some impoverished areas of the country, families try so very hard to enjoy, celebrate, and respect our traditions despite extreme deprivation? Their terrible secret???.....yes. You guessed. You guessed by looking at this photo! This sweet, seemingly innocent photo.....with a troubling secret. ...and some empty chairs! Each year at Thanksgiving, there may be one LESS family member sitting at the dining table, and yet a caring Mother still manages to serve a delicious and filling meal for the remaining guests!!..... But that doesn't prevent the terrible questions!!...."Mommy, did Spot run away?", "Mommy, where's Grandpa?", "Mommy, doesn't Aunt Delia like us anymore?", "Mommy, it's Winter now! Isn't little Bobby coming back from camp?", "Mommy, wasn't Reverend Thompson here last night?".... Please! Let's all contribute our canned goods, packaged foods, and frozen produce to local drives in your hometown!!!....before other concerned Mothers reduce the population any further! YOU CAN HELP!....OR YOU COULD BE NEXT!!! 

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OUR THANKSGIVING HERITAGE!...... the power of the Holidays to rehabilitate the heartbroken!!....

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... Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen! So many of us know the terrible toll that crime, a bad upbringing, a pathological environment, or even faulty genetics can cause a youngster. ...and what if that young person was accused of terrible crimes herself?....even murder??.....even MULTIPLE murders!!... well here's a happier turn-out for a change. A young lady who at the age of 10 had terrible scandal in her life, was even presumed dead after a tremendous accident, and then after being rescued from a near-drowning in a lake, she spent several years of rehabilitation in The 4H Club Institute For Healthful Living & Mental Hygiene.... surrounded by supportive professionals, nutritious food, daily chores and exercise, a regimen of discipline born of love, good fellowship with the other inmates, herds of farm animals, and a heapin' spoonful of fresh air and green grass, she has been rebuilt into a productive and happy citizen!... Her parents thought that they had lost her! We ALL thought we had lost her!!...but no! WE STILL HAVE RHODA!!! ....so very much to be thankful for! 

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