Bl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 19,1981
Dear Santa,
Well hello old friend - it seems so
long since we last heard from you.
Been busy? I should have written
sooner, but hope this letter reaches
your workshop in time.
I’ll get right to the point.
My supply of socks and slippers
is adequate, dear Santa, and I just
bought a pair of warm, wooly
mittens - on sale. The old bicycle is
rusty, but serviceable, except for
the day we blew out the tire with
the air compressor, and frankly, I
don’t fit too well into shiny, new
red wagons.
There’s even an abundant supply
ot my familiar, hauntingly
feminine fragrances: Cow Barn
No. 1, and Essence of Wood Smoke.
Actually, Santa, my list of needs
this year is a bit more com
plicated. I hope it doesn’t present
too much of a problem.
First, a batch of time would
come in awfully handy. There just
never seems to be enough of that
commodity to stretch to
everywhere I need it. Just a little
extra to stash away for walks
across the fields, chat with
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neighbors, time to write a letter or
two, and to do more things with the
children, would be so useful. If you
could spare just a smidgeon, I’d be
ever so grateful.
And might you have a spare
package of patience lying
somewhere in the corner of your
workshop? Mine is getting pretty
threadbare these days. Maybe its
because I’ve arrived at that
combination of approaching
middle age and teenagers.
Please, a giant, economy size of
patience; and don’t feel obligated
to wrap it.
I’m also hoping to find a bag a
humor hidden under the tree. It
would go a long way on those days
when the heifers plunder the fence,
the water pump rolls over and
plays dead, or the - bam floor
supports collapse under a full mow
of hay.
Could you tuck into my stocking
an atomizer of appreciation for the
world around me? That would be
so handy for seeing the sunrise
during the early morning off-to
school madhouse, the fluffy white
clouds against an azure sky that I
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Johnny will grow into? They may
seem harmless but actually may
be a threat to your child’s safety,
says Billie H. Frazier, human
development specialist for the
Maryland Extension.
The U.S. Public Health Service
says many children are injured
each year in toy-related accidents.
Frazier comments it is the
responsibilty of each parent to
so often miss dashing from bam to
house to car, and to remember to
rejoice in the love and caring of
family and friends.
And finally, Santa, do you
happen to have a little item called
a “lip button?” They must make
them somewhere because 1
remember my Mom telling me
long ago on occasion to ‘ ‘button my
lip.”
I still need one, especially when I
find myself yelling “If I have to tell
you to pick up your clothes one
more time I’ll scream” or when
that “I told you so” slips out again.
Thanks for your,consideration
Santa. Now bundle up snugly
against the cold, and don’t stay out
too late on Christmas Eve.
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