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LETS HAVE A ROCKIN CHRISTMAS | HOLIDAY COMPILATION 2016

PETER UNGER
Short Story about the song Christmas
Cards from Rev. Peter Unger

Christmas time when I was growing up
was a magical time. I grew up in a
small town in Vermont.
We lived on the side of mountain three
miles up a dirt road. Our home was a
beautifully renovated farm house from
the 1700s. On a clear winter’s day a
forty mile vista of snow blanketed
fields and mountains could be seen.
At dusk the lights decorating our home
and the fireplace smoke curling up from
our chimney presented a warm contrast
to the growing darkness. Every year our
family, on either snow shoes or cross
country skis, would head into the
woods surrounding our house to select
our Christmas tree. My father, an
emigrant from the Netherlands, brought Dutch Christmas customs into our home.
These included large Dutch chocolate letters sent to us by Dutch relatives, stories about Saint
Nick and his accomplice, and Dutch coffee with chicory, anise, and extra milk which we were
permitted to drink when older. Christmas choir music and carols, played on the stereo, filled our
home as the holiday neared. Love of faith, family, and friends overflowed our hearts at this very
special time of year.
It was these cherished memories that came to mind when I wrote “Christmas Cards”.
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