Hopefully these will not be long and boring to you, but I'll do my best.
Day 1
Ok the first one that comes to mind is a Christmas when I was probably six or seven years old. My Uncle Jimmy was living with us at the time and was helping out to play Santa with my Mom and step dad. On Christmas Eve we always went out to my Papaw's house as kind of like a pre-Christmas family get together. This usually gave my mom time to either finish buying our presents or wrapping them in the back room and stuffing them in the car while my Uncle Jimmy kept me and my sister occupied.
We were finally driving home one Christmas Eve and it was getting late so I wanted to hurry up and go to bed. My grandparents lived about 20 minutes away, so it wasn't a long drive even though it felt like it. I remember driving down a dark country road on the outskirts of town and I was going on about getting ready for Santa by leaving cookies and making sure the door was unlocked for him (I know right) when my Uncle Jimmy pointed out the car window and said "Look there Stina! It's Santa's sleigh! He's in Texas already! Don't you hear the bells?" I immediately turned to look out the window and saw, what I know as today, was a plane flying across the sky with blinking tail lights.
Ok, as a child, I was super excited that my Uncle Jimmy had pointed that out to me since I wasn't quite old enough to doubt him. I even stopped talking just to try and hear the bells 30,000 feet above me. Even though I did turn around and say "I didn't know Santa's sleigh had lights too!" like a dummy. As an adult now, I have to laugh at myself and how gullible I was. But I'll always remember how Uncle Jimmy made me feel that night and how he tried to make my Christmas better.
As an aunt now I always wonder if I could pass that one off on my nieces and nephews :-)
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