The Lionel train that chugged up the trestle tracks on its way to sudden impact with the living room wall when the kid at the controls sped into a turn that couldn't be navigated at high speed...unpurpose.
Hiding under the Christmas tree, buried under the presents on Christmas Eve...
Watching the neighbors 4-color wheel rotate on their artificial tree through our living room window...
Hoping for snow for a white Christmas...
Realizing one Christmas that we didn't have a fireplace and wondering how Santa delivered the toys...
Listening to Christmas albums on the RCA stereo cabinet turn table...
Wrapping Christmas presents after midnight mass...
Driving to Chicago on Christmas Eve to visit my Mom's 2nd cousin who we called Aunt Jeanine and Uncle Frank...
Looking at Sears and Wards catalogues to make our wish list for presents from Santa...
Making a Christmas card holder out of a Reader's Digest magazine...
Playing hockey in our kitchen...
Being told not to bring a toy car to church on Christmas because you could lose it and then, you guessed it, losing it...
Having to wait until after dinner on Christmas night to open presents at one of our grandparents houses...
Sliding down carpeted stairs on our butts as we played guess-which-hand-the-penny-is-in game with our Uncle Conrad...
Driving our mom crazy by turning off all the lights to see the Christmas tree lit up in the dark...
Sitting under the Christmas tree and staring at the patterns of color reflected on the ceiling...
Saving money and depositing it in the bank for Christmas presents...
Not having to go to school the whole week before Christmas and the whole week after Christmas...
Rolling the TV stand into the kitchen so we could watch "A Charlie Brown Christmas" during dinner...
Feeling like the air got let out of your tires when you realized Christmas afternoon that it was over, for this year...
Merry Christmas.
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