"Miracles do happen at Christmas" by Jo Ann Allen

Money was almost nonexistent in our home during the Depression.

Dad was a great provider, always the hard-working optimist, but little was left over for extras, much less presents.

He was a building contractor, not that anyone was building anything, and had acquired a large metal holding tank that he stored behind our home.

A few days before Christmas, a man passing by saw the tank, had a need for it, and offered Dad $15.

Christmas for the five Anderson children that year was magical.

Toys, dolls and games galore under our sappy dripping Florida pine tree.

Miracles do happen at Christmas. I was there.

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