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There are only 25 days until Christmas Day, when families will get together for fun, food and presents. I remember how excited my brother, sister and I were to see the presents we got. For weeks we would look at the “Wish Book” (Sears and Montgomery Ward Christmas catalogs), choosing all the gifts we wanted Santa to bring us on Christmas Eve. Of course, we were happy with any presents we received.

Our Christmas celebration really started between Thanksgiving and Christmas, when the Wood Conversion (Conwed, now USG) Christmas party was held at the high school, and every child of an emplo...