CANDY CANE The candy cane has long been a Christmas tradition and was said to have been the creation of a fine Christian candy maker in Indiana. Its sweet peppermint taste has been enjoyed by young and old for years. The candy maker started with pure white candy to...
Christmas
Rosie Johnson Birthday
ROSIE JOHNSON’S BIRTHDAY Imagine you get an invitation to Rosie Johnson’s birthday! You have heard people mention Rosie, but you have never met her. But it sounds festive. So you began preparing for her birthday. It will be celebrated at your home. So you spend a few hundred dollars...
A Christmas Story
A CHRISTMAS STORY It was only five days before Christmas. The spirit of the season hadn’t yet caught up with me, even though cars packed the parking lot of our Houston area Target Shopping Center. Inside the store, it was worse. Shopping carts and last minute shoppers jammed the...
No Room
NO ROOM The whole family was excited. It was the Saturday after Thanksgiving. That was the day they always put up their Christmas decorations. Everyone knew what their specific job was. Dad and Tommy put up the outdoor decorations. Mom put up the tree and wrapped all of the...
The Night Before
THE NIGHT BEFORE T’was the night before Christmas and all through the town, Not a bed was empty, no place could be found. So out to the stable they made their way, Mary and Joseph, to lie in the hay. Mary was with child, the one of Whom it...