As I was preparing for the Christmas gift wrapping and exchanging, one statement my mom used to say, came back to my mind: "Never rely on the box". This statement was repeated at every Christmas simply because she would reuse the same boxes year after year.
This story is something I only partially saw, while another part was told to me. When my brother was 4, my Dad played Santa for us but also for our cousin who lived fairly close to our house. Unfortunately, that day, the roads were not the best.
Yes, it is that time of year when kids will make a long list of presents for Santa. This can also become a tough situation when families can't afford items on that list. Parents have to find a plausible explanation for why Santa won't or didn't bring in what the kids asked for.
When I grew up, we never had a house. Until adulthood, I always lived in a second floor apartment. This meant that any large gathering was nearly impossible, except for one year.
A few years ago (maybe like 30 years ago), I discovered the sport of curling as we had a fun spiel organized at work. I was new in town, and had never played. However, I do remember that, when I was quite young, I would watch curling, on TV.
Kids' perception or interpretation of things that surround them is very different than how adults see them. As kids grow up, sometimes, it will differ from what their peers understand. I experienced that when i was in grade 4.
When I learned to write, in grade 1, I learned cursive writing. In grade 2, I had to learn the other style when I changed school. Then, back to cursive in grade 3. Is that why my cursive handwriting was so fluid? Maybe so.
When I was in elementary grades, we had desks that were attached to the chair. It was all one big, heavy desk. I guess they were convenient to prevent moving the chairs, making noise, or even tipping the chairs backward. Since those desks were "one size fits all", they all needed to be adjusted, at the beginning of the class.
When I was a kid, like most kids, I had some favorite TV shows. I was really impressed by the technology of TV programming when I found out that real people could call in, and have the call answered live (of course, it was the time of live TV, then).
Halloween has always been a fun time, with enjoyment in the trick or treating part, and the costumes. Going out at night, in the dark, was also a treat in itself, however, it was more fun when Halloween was on the weekend, because we had more hours to go around and gather goodies.
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