Christmas Past – My Best Christmas Present Ever | Grandma's Ramblings

Every year as I think of Christmas past – I remember the best Christmas present I ever received.

Grandma’s Ramblings

This will be my 71st Christmas.  In that time I have been given a lot of Christmas presents.

  • Some I loved
  • Some I pretended to like but really did not
  • Some were expensive
  • Some were not so expensive
  • Some were store-bought
  • Some were homemade
  • Some shown that the giver had really put a lot of time and love into the gift
  • Some looked like the giver had just grabbed something off the shelf at the last-minute

But every year as I reflect on Christmas past there is one gift that stands out to me.  It was the best Christmas gift I ever received.

It is also the first Christmas I remember.  I was five years old and I believed in Santa Claus.  There were two gifts I was hoping he would bring me:  a doll and a toy stove with some dishes.

Although I never felt our family was poor…

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