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My Grandmother's Gift-It Keeps on Giving
My grandparents on my mothers side of the family had 16 children and 54 grandchildren (not counting great grands).
I always enjoyed going to their house to visit because no matter how big a crowd was gathered it seemed my grandmother had enough time for each and every one.
 
One Christmas, we went to the grandparents and stayed the night on Christmas Eve. They had a parlor with big double doors. The doors had glass in them and we could see that there was a big Christmas tree and lots of presents underneath. The doors were closed and we were told in no uncertain terms that they would remain closed until grandma opened them on Christmas morning.
We went to bed, people sleeping all over the house and many children sleeping on the floor. I had trouble going to sleep because I was so excited about the presents we would open.
Finally, the night passed and it was Christmas morning. Grandma then went to the parlor doors and opened them and said we could go in.
We were standing around in a big circle that was several people deep. Grandpa was standing by the tree and would hand a gift to grandma. She would call out ... more

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