Local view: Family Christmas tradition trumps commercial glitz
December 24, 2012 at 6:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
I must have been 7 or 8 when my parents had scant room in their budget for Christmas decorations. They had eight kids squeezed into a three-bedroom brick bungalow and a yellowing plastic snowman with a light socket inside his belly.
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Nice to read an uplifting article in the paper on Christmas morning. Thank you for putting a much needed smile on my face.
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That is just the most beautiful heart-warming story! It reminds me of my own life at Christmas long ago when we also had 8 children strugling to understand the true meaning of Christmas when all our friends received matrerial gift things but we had carrols! Our outdoor decoration was made by my older brother from cardboard that I painted with some house paint. But it was a welcoming sight when lit!
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