Write Your Own Column: ; a Return Visit to Christmases Past

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As a child during the Great Depression, we understood that times were lean. My two brothers and I never went hungry, but our clothing was, by necessity, hand-me-downs, and there were times when a stout piece of cardboard had to be used to cover holes in the soles of our shoes.

There were no big-box shopping centers, large department stores or strip malls back then. A block or two away from home was a drugstore, greengrocer and stationery store. Even though the times were tough for everyone, all the holidays were still properly observed.

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Write Your Own Column: ; a Return Visit to Christmases Past

For Hallowe'en (it was spelled that way in the 1930s), a white bedsheet over the head with eye holes made a spooky ghost, a red towel ti...

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