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Christmas Card Letter
Dear Friends and Relatives,
Time again to send out the old Christmas cards to wish everyone a merry Christmas. I thought I would catch everyone up on our news for the year.
Pa had a job for almost two days this year. He lost it when he hit his boss with the whiskey bottle. His boss didn't charge him so he didn't have to go to jail this time. Course if he had gone to jail he might have been company for young Elmer. Elmer (our youngest) doesn't really like jail even though he gets to eat real good while he's there. He keeps saying he's too pretty to be in jail with all those men.
Young Mable went and got herself married again. She's done real well for a girl of twenty. Three husbands already. This last one has been real helpful on the farm so far (so long as we can keep him away from Pa's moonshine).
Our Cindy had another baby this year. That gives her two boys and a girl. Pa thinks it would be nice to meet the Daddy of one of her babies. If she keeps having babies like this she'll have six by the time she's Mable's age. Poor old Mable doesn't even have one yet.
Harry left the farm after he got the job in the bank. He is living on the other side of town but he keeps forgetting to tell us where he is so we can visit him. He's so different from the others. Working full time in a respectable job and all. None of us really understand him.
The rest of the boys have been in jail a few times. Mostly just for a day or two to sober up. They hardly ever lose fights anymore. Pa's real proud of them.
The bank has been trying to repossess the farm but so far Pa and the boys have kept them away. They hardly had to fire any shots at those old bankers.
Most of the cows and chickens died this summer. We ate real good for a bit but we don't know what we will do for food now. The roof of the barn fell on them. Course Pa forgot to pay the insurance.
We won't be having a turkey this year on account of we can't afford one. If we had one we couldn't cook it. Pa didn't pay the electric bill so we can't use the stove.
Have a real nice Christmas.
Love
Maude
©Linda Calder
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
I'm a 53 year old retired teacher. I write because I enjoy it. In addition, I do all sorts of crafts and woodturning when I get a chance. I'm also into photography, especially close–ups of things like flowers. I volunteer at our local museum where I take pictures, help in the garden and do tours or whatever else they need me to do.
I'd like to be a published writer but I'm not really much of a sales person with regard to getting it published (any volunteers?). As well as humour, I like to write for children and when the mood strikes, I also write poetry.
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