We never had a tree at our house for Christmas or decorated the house with lights but Christmas still came to our house all the same.
It wasn't an extravagant time where we got piles of gifts but what we got we were glad to have.
We would all hang a sock on the mantle and hope that it was filled with things for Christmas and not coals like we probably deserved.
In our stocking we usually got an apple, an orange, a grapefruit and a selection of nuts, a peppermint candy stick and a small toy. Our parents would give us two gifts, one being some type of clothes and the other would be a toy. We looked forward to Christmas every year and we enjoyed the Christmas Spirit that we shared together.
We usually had our Christmas Meeting around the holidays and we would get visiting workers from other states come and spend the night and visit with us in our homes. We loved this because of the experiences that they would share with us of their past year in the fields that they were in. We would have our "Special Meeting" on Sunday and then get ready for the coming New Year.
Palmer Waters
