Mom wasn’t a fan of Christmas. She didn’t raise her children to believe in Santa and our tree didn’t go up until well into December.
Mostly Mom despised the commercialism of the holidays, openly cringing at the first Christmas ad on TV or first decorations to show up on store shelves.
Of course, it didn’t help that the ag economy crashed when she and Dad had five children looking forward to gifts…
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