In 61 or 62 we were in the Army in Ft Bliss, Texas & about as poor as you can get. We bought a scronity tree, that had been sprayed green, cuz they don't grow where we lived. It was about 2' tall. I bought a dozen tiny pink balls & 1 sting of miniture lights, that had a cut out around them that looked liked snow flakes. We couldn't afford more than one present apiece. We got bows and another Indiana buddie celebrated with us. He bought arrow's and I made the carrier's for the arrows. We could go to the dessert every weekend and we had a ball.

I will remember those two Christmas's more than all the rest. One yr. Bob got me a used sewing machine. That was a special time. I taylored many Army outfits with it, to make money. I do have some good memories, mostly when we were poor and couldn't run home when we had a problem.
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Hugs,
BC