This Christmas More Than Ever

"But Ma asked if they were sure the stockings were empty. Then they put their hands down inside them just to be sure.

And in the toe of each stocking was a shining bright new penny!

They had never even thought of such a thing as having a penny. Think of having a whole penny for your very own. Think of having a cup and a cake and a stick of candy and a penny.

There had never been such a Christmas."


-Laura Ingalls Wilder