Christmas Surprise!

We lived on Cherry Street and Lake Jackson, so my oldest daughter must have been three or four, but I cannot remember for sure which. The little house we lived in had a garage that apparently had been added on after the house was built, because there was a window by the dining room table that looked out into the garage. We kept curtains over the window, so that the garage would not be a constant view.

Anyway, that Christmas our oldest daughter was getting a swing set from Santa Claus. My brother Michael and I decided to put it together in the afternoon, so that all we would have to do later is move it into the back yard. We were making quick work of the assembly, in fact we were almost through, when we looked up and saw my daughter looking excitedly out the window at her new swings.

We told her that Santa had left it there in the afternoon so that we could have it put together for her on Christmas morning. She accepted that, and we lived happily ever after.

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