A Memory

Just thinking about Christmas when I was a kid. We got one present and it came from Santa on Christmas Eve after we were in bed. We also had Christmas stockings and we’d get some fruit (maybe an apple or an orange), a candy cane and probably some other little thing. I think our grandmother also gave us a present. We also got our new Christmas dress, shoes and socks. It was so exciting.

One year I got a doll – she was a real beauty and I named her Maribel May after one of my favorite poems. I don’t remember the poem, anymore. I tried to google for a poem called “Maribel May” but no luck. I’ll keep trying and if I ever run across it, I’ll post it!

That same year my sisters each got a doll, too. Maribel May was the biggest of them, though. Valerie named hers Susan and Joan named hers Foo-Foo because it made a sound like that when you squeezed it.

I think Foo-Foo also had two faces – a happy face on one side and a crying face on the other. A dolly hat covered up the face you didn’t want to show. I could be wrong about the two faces but I don’t think I am.