One year we were planning on going to my parents for Christmas. They lived about 3 hours away. We had just got married and were really broke so we were glad we were going home or else it would be a pretty bare Christmas at our house. We had a tiny little tree about 1 foot high we had cut and nothing under it. My husbands parents had sent their gifts to us to my parents house as that is where we were going to be.
Then came the big flood and put most of the roads in Oregon out of commission and you could not travel. We had $1.00 to our name. We each took .50 cents and went to town. Now how in the world do you buy a present for 50 cents. I tell you it makes you stop and think that is for sure. I ended up getting him some cleaning stuff for his gun and he got me bubble bath. It was a fantastic Christmas. I think because of the thought that went into it. We took a goose he had shot out of the freezer and had our dinner. 2 days later some of the back roads opened up and we took off to my parents.
A Christmas I will always treasure and I think of it every time I have a calgon moment which I still love to do.
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