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January 2019
THE BEACON
D ear S anta
Dear Santa,
Would you please give me
for Christmas. A phone and
the game headband’s and a
hachamall?
Love, Charleigh Fox
Dear Santa
Can you please get me a
baby doll, mary crismas, how
can you go down the chipney?
Can you get me a lol and a
Polly Packet,
Love, Peyton McClanahan
Dear Santa,
I wood like for crimis is
hoewrk and a big LoL and a
hug fume you and how mene
people do you Love
Love, Pepper Paradise
Dear Santa
I wat a fon and a cucey and
durt bik gogulls.
Love Haden
Dear Santa,
Can I have a quod and a
exbox and a mick and a hund
dollrs wut dus mis clos duw
win you era gon
Love Gabe Manis
Dear Santa,
I woud like a skilanders has
set and a fone. Wiy duw you
dlevers preses?
Luv
Christopher Scruggs
The Christmas Angel
By Mary-Alice Helms
My little sister, Julie, and I
were beyond excited when we
walked out of the door of our
house on Eleventh Street and
headed toward Main Street.
For the first time, we were
being allowed to go Christmas
shopping by ourselves. It was
1944. I was nine years old,
and Julie was six. The ‘40s
was a difficult time. People
were still recovering from the
depression and then had come
Pearl Harbor and the heart-
breaks and sacrifices of war.
But in this Christmas season,
Brookville had put on its holi-
day face. We stopped at each
beautifully decorated store
window, drinking in the sights
of lighted Christmas trees, tin-
sel ropes, and manger scenes.
Every store had created lovely
displays designed to attract
holiday shoppers. There were
fabrics, silky blouses, and lacy
lingerie, all artfully displayed.
But Julie and I didn’t go into
any of those inviting stores.
Our small stash of dimes was
much more suited to the mer-
chandise found in our favorite
emporium, The Fair Store. The
Fair Store was a five and dime
store, a magical place which
sold everything from pots and
pans to stockings and toys.
The bell on the door tinkled
merrily when Julie and I
entered the store. We were on
a mission to buy perfect gifts
for our parents. In today’s
world, fifty cents wouldn’t
buy the bag in which to carry
the gift, but in 1944’s Fair
Store we could find many
choices to fit our limited
budget. We selected a pipe
and a small can of Half and
Half pipe tobacco for our dad.
For our mother I had selected
a “gold” brooch inlaid with
glass “jewels”; I thought it
was beautiful.
Julie had looked and
looked, finding nothing good
enough. And then she spotted
the perfect gift. It was a china
figurine of an angel, with
delicate wings and a golden
halo. Hesitantly, she asked
Mr. Mullin, the proprietor, for
the price.
“Well, girls,” he said, “The
sticker says 59 cents for this
little angel, but if you want
her, I’ll let you have her for
50 cents.” We were delighted!
We skipped home with our
treasures, so full of joy. But
then disaster struck. Julie
stubbed her toe on a crack in
the sidewalk and the bag hold-
ing the angel flew from her
hand. When she opened the
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bag, one broken angel wing
fell out. My little sister was
devastated.
“What good is a broken
angel?” she sobbed. Mother
came out to see what all of
the fuss was about and gently
folded Julie in her arms.
“Don’t worry,” Mother said,
“we can fix it, good as new!’
Sure enough, when the gifts
were opened on Christmas
Day, Mother proudly held up
the china angel.
“See,” she said, “She’s
perfect!” Not even a hairline
crack showed where the wing
had been glued.
That angel graced Mother’s
mantel every year at Christ-
mas. And every year we
remembered our first solo
shopping experience and the
broken Christmas angel.
M

erry
Christmas
and Happy
New Year
from the
Beacon Team.
Peace On Earth.
Goodwill To All!
Dear Santa,
wen is my elf comeing and
for krismiss can I pless hath
a big LoL, a pole pokit and
a hachmal and how much do
cuces do you et.
Love, Aliyah Dennis
Merry Christmas to all,
and to all a good night.
The Beacon.
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
From Roger Ford &
Conservative Financial Solutions
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