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Christmas Newsletter Special Moment 2010 The most memorable event this year was when I got my kitten Ginger.

We were driving to a swap meet. A swap meet is where people sell pigs, cows, chickens and other livestock. This swap meet consisted of fifty or sixty people lined up livestock. All you could here was goats braying, cows mooing, and chickens clucking. The place smelt of animal droppings and compost. Not the best smell.

My eyes swept over my surroundings, it was raining just slightly, but mist blanketed everything, making everything look medieval. I then looked over and something caught my attention: a box of little gray kittens. I went over to investigate, but my mother pulled me down to the last few stalls. I protested, but it got me nowhere.

But at the end of all the stalls there was a sign that said: Free Kittens! I walked over and there was a box of calico kittens! I then asked the owner, a portly fellow, gave me a white, black, and brown kitten. I held it in my arms and showed it to my mother. Coed and awed over the little cat. I pleaded to my mother asked here if I could keep it. She agreed, and since the little kitten was free I left with her soft fur against my jacket. We named the little kitten Ginger and we still have to this day. That day was by far the most memorable day in 2010.

Grandparent Interview

Q: What were your favorite Christmas candies? A: My favorite Christmas Candies were candy cane, my mother’s divinities, her sugar cookies, and her daitnit cakes with vanilla caramel sauce. Q: What were some things you ate for Christmas dinner? A: We ether had baked turkey or, since it was hard to find turkeys, baked chicken with stuffing and mashed potatoes. On Christmas Eve it was always a tradition to eat oyster stew, which I hated. Q: How did you feel when you came down and smelt the Christmas feast? A: A happy warm feeling, which made me feel wonderful. Q: What were the aromas that you could smell around your house at Christmas? A: Oh clean air and snow. Q: When you grew up what were the sights around you house at Christmas? A: The whole neighborhood had Christmas trees, wreaths and ribbons. Q: What did your Christmas tree look like? A: Well sometimes our trees and scrawny others were fat and crooked but with icicles and ornaments it would always look wonderful. Q: What were the thoughts you had as you were opening presents? A: How lucky I was to get all these nice presents. Since I was living in the time of WWII presents didn’t come often. Q: Did your family ever build a snow fort or have snowball fights? A: My brother used to make a fort and the whole neighborhood would engage in a snowball fight. Q: Did you listen to the radio on or around Christmas? A: Oh yes the radio was our favorite pastime. Q: What was your favorite Christmas radio program and why? A: My favorite program was I think probably the Bob Oaks show because it was funny, and always had Hollywood stars performing on it. Christmas Acrostic Edited By: Josh Martineau, Hannah Bulin, and Kyle Faivre
 * C**hris chants Christmas carols.
 * H**o, ho, ho Happy Holidays.
 * R**eindeers rapidly race round and round.
 * I**ris is hanging icicles and ivy.
 * S**avanna slowly sings songs
 * T**eenagers make toys for tots
 * M**istletoe meets merry lovers
 * A**lice is always an angle at Christmas
 * S**anta samples some sugar sweets