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First Christmas Remembered The holidays were much simpler celebrated in 1939 in a four-room house on a dirt road in rural Adair County By Carlis B. Wilson I must have been five years old, in those times. I remember no special days, no birthdays, anniversaryor holidays. But this year we were going to have my first Christmasremembered. We lived in a four-room house by the side of a dirtroad about a half-mile off the highway, in AdairCounty Kentucky. Life was pretty simple back then. Iremember no Christmas decorations, just a strings ofbeads made from popcorn on a small Christmas tree, cutfrom a field, where red cedar wood grew in abundance. Finally, Christmas day came and I was up early to seejust what Old Santa had brought me. There it was, under that small tree, an apple, orangeand a small bag of loose candy, but the biggest andbest gift I ever received was a small shiny cappistol and one roll of caps. This small cap pistol had a place for one cap, whichwas placed in the chamber, before pulling the triggerfor a BANG! There must have been about 50 caps on that roll. Idon't remember if I ever got another roll of caps forthat gun. However, I do remember that first Christmasin the year of 1939. E-mail the author : cbwilson34@yahoo.com This story was posted on 2004-12-12 02:00:00
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