Dee and I were remembering Christmas past. More than once, late on Christmas eve we checked under the tree to see how things evened out for the 7 kids. That's a lot of packages, which had been moved and shaken and inspected many times.
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One year in particular we realized that young David didn't have as many gifts as the others, so we went to the only store open that late, the corner 7-eleven. There wasn't much there, I think maybe a flashlight and some candy. We decided Christmas Eve was too late to count up.
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Another fun year was the year of the bikes. We rode bikes a lot then, and they were quite old. So I decided to buy Dee a new bike. Two or three weeks before the day was a long time to keep it hidden, so Mark suggested we store it in a friend's garage. A few days later, Dee bought me a new bike, and once again Mark suggested that he take the bike over to the Kinghorn's house.
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Imagine our surprise on Christmas Day to find TWO blue almost identical bikes out on the patio.
A good plan Mark and Linn had, and we had lots of fun riding the shiny new vehicles.
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