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In reply to the discussion: What was a memorable thing Santa brought you as a kid? [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)I got a saddle blanket, a bucket full of brand-new grooming supplies, and a new halter.
I'd been making payments on a horse for the last year; babysitting money, allowance, yard work money, manure-shoveling money, grooming and exercising money...with the understanding that I had to come up with half of the money myself. I made a payment every single week. Sometimes for $3.75, sometimes for more, depending on how many jobs I found to do that week.
That Christmas, I was almost there. I knew it was coming, and when I found those items under the tree, I knew that the dream was going to be real.
It was; I made my last payment on February 10th, just 6 or 7 weeks later. I put that halter on the horse, put my arms around her, and cried for a good 20 minutes.
It wasn't "Santa." I'd long since left Santa behind. But it was probably the most memorable.