Time for my annual Christmas story. It’s 1971, and 14 year old JimmieJoe gets a Christmas surprise!
Time for my annual Christmas story.
Best Christmas Ever – 1971
I wrote this back in 2007, for my personal blog on MySpace.
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We were telling Christmas stories at work the other day, and I told my “best Christmas ever” story. After I told it, I thought it might make a good blog, so here it is.
The location: Visalia California, the house on Divisadero Street, just down the block from the junior high I attended (now called a “Middle School” for reasons known only to the bureaucracy of schools).
The year: 1971 8th grade Jim is 14 and knows Santa’s secret identity.
Top item on the Christmas wish list: A 10-speed bike.
I had spent MONTHS hinting, suggesting, begging, pleading, and pretty much making a pest of myself asking for a new 10-speed. Each time it came up, the parents made it clear that they were just too…
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