Family Christmas Tale
A comment by moraxian brought a family story to mind.
When my great grandmother was a girl oh, about 1912 or so, since she was born in 1901, she and her four sisters got coal in their stockings. They were all so upset they took their stockings to the coalbin and dumped them in.
Seems Great Great Grandmother Elizabeth had a wicked sense of humor. In the toe of each stocking was a dollar or two in dimes. At that time, it was a tidy sum of money. They spent their Christmas picking money out of the coal bin and being apologetic to their mother.
I think the moral of the story is along the lines of things are not always as they seem.
When my great grandmother was a girl oh, about 1912 or so, since she was born in 1901, she and her four sisters got coal in their stockings. They were all so upset they took their stockings to the coalbin and dumped them in.
Seems Great Great Grandmother Elizabeth had a wicked sense of humor. In the toe of each stocking was a dollar or two in dimes. At that time, it was a tidy sum of money. They spent their Christmas picking money out of the coal bin and being apologetic to their mother.
I think the moral of the story is along the lines of things are not always as they seem.