Christmas at Mr. and Mrs. Clark's By Madelyn Shields It was Christmas time! Karen and I were anticipating everything the season had to give us. The radio sang out "all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth," and "Silver Bells." I was seven and Karen was nine. We felt the joy of Christmas all around us as people greeted each other with a cheerful "Merry Christmas!" Excitement was in the air. 1950 was winding down and we were facing a brand new year. On this particular day we were especially excited because Mother gave us the happy news that we were invited to Mr. and Mrs. Clark's home for a Christmas supper. They were very special people to us. Mr. and Mrs. Clark were my Aunt Jane Ann's parents. They lived in a big white house that set upon a hill and you had to walk up lots of steps to reach their front door. They lived on Waterloo close to Pearl ...
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