We didn't have any family close by to celebrate holidays, so often we invited the missionaries or the Steve Farley and his family. They also had nobody nearby. One year for Thanksgiving we had bought a new table, nothing fancy, but new. We had to hurry and get it put together so we could enjoy the dinner and have somewhere to sit. This table had bench seating on both sides, so we could easily fit a large group.
For Christmas we often went to Utah, but as the kids got older the gifts took up so much space that we left them home. One year was "bike" year and we had the neighbors put the bikes in our living room while we were gone, so when we got home, Santa had left the gifts at our house. Other years, we planned small gifts that were easy to pack. Our tree was nothing special, but on a few occasions we made garland out of homestrung popcorn. Talking about popcorn, a fun treat that we made often was carmel popcorn. One year we made enough to give as gifts to the neighbors.
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