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Confession - the thief who stole Santa I was the Grinch that stole Susan's Santa! By Ralph Roy Waggener Back when I was just but a child, some 100 years ago, well it seems that long ago, I ruined Susan's Christmas! Susan Russell got a new Schwinn green girls bicycle from Santa Clause. well, from some of my better detective work I figured out that looked just like the one that had been on our front porch! You see my brother Ed was a Schwinn dealer when Dad E P and my brother-in-law, L G "Peanut" McKinley, had M&W Auto Parts store that was where Moore's Pool Room is now. Now it was Christmas day and we all rode our bicycles on Heskamp Street between Russell Miller's house and David Heskamp's home. It was a good place to just ride and most all the kids around would gather there to talk or ride. So being a year or so older I was concerned about whether there really was a Santa or not. So be the senior in the crowd I just had to tell Susan that it was the same bicycle that was on our front porch! Now, it did look the same, at least I had that going for me, so being the big brother type because I was the younger of six and never could be big brother at home, I let her know that no there ain't no Santa Clause! Well, as it goes when you tell women something they just don't appreciate the thing you do for them, and Susan Russell is still mad at me for ruining her Christmas! Now the Paul Harvey of the story was Ann Sutton Heskamp, about a year or so younger than Susan and Christmas came and when she found out that Susan had a new bicycle and she did not get one, most likely because David and Effie thought she was too young, things did go wrong at the Heskamp house. I think David had to get the Firestone Store to open for David to get a bicycle for Ann Sutton! Now, I may have gotten in trouble with my friends both Susan and Ann Sutton because they were the only children in both households and were the apples in both sets of parent's eyes! Not saying they were spoiled, they were not, both were good people. So there may be a Santa or there may not be a Santa - this will always be the question for many years for youngsters - as long as there is not a know-it-all older young boy around trying to show off his superior knowledge! - RW This story was posted on 2018-12-26 21:41:26
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