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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1986
Page
6
In 1935 near Wauzeka an 11 year old recalls a poverty year when a single hammer caused a scare and a family moment. On Christmas morning the plates held two potatoes for the three younger siblings due to misbehavior, a memory that binds the family forever.
Joyce Solie recalls a Christmas memory at a Wisconsin farm. Grandpa feigns Santa, deer feet taps the window, a roof fall, and kids shout with delight as Santa arrives under the tree. Now the author jokes about Grandpa perhaps sneaking out the back door again when Marnie visits for Christmas Eve.
A personal memoir of a farm childhood built around a grand wooden door that hid Santa rituals. The grandparents started the tradition, later continued by the parents, with two weeks of Christmas prep, peeking through a keyhole, and a ceremonial key reveal each year. The door’s removal later altered the family tradition, but the wooden door Christmases remain a vivid, cherished memory of patience and love.
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