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will be available on a bimonthly basis. For the electronic newsletter, please send your email and contact info to: jlrud@cinergymetro.net JERRY RUD If you would like to receive a printed version of the newsletter, please send your contact info to: burtonbittner@att.net BURT BITTNER
V.29 DECEMBER 2020
THIS ISSUE IS FULL OF HOLIDAY MEMORIES
ONE CHRISTMAS MEMORY AMONG SO MANY I grew up in Oslo, Norway, just after WW II. Even in the post war standard, I believe my family was called “poor”. I can remember well the shame I felt not to have winter boots like the others, not to have what was “modern” like everyone else, always to bring the cheapest gifts to birthday parties! Our CHRISTmas tree was always a natural spruce, so “natural” that it appeared quite “handicapped” with a mix of long and short branches. (It has occurred to me that our CHRISTmas tree could be the cheapest which no one else wanted.) It was always decorated by mom and dad on Little CHRISTmas Eve, and we could not see it before the next morning. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
Berit Skaare