Muriel Isabel Toole was born on November 20, 1922. She was the fourth of five children born to Archie and Ruby Toole. The oldest was Aletha. Next came Hazel and then Archie. Margaret was born just eleven months after Muriel so they were frequently referred to as the twins.
When Mom was still a child The Great Depression swept across both the United States and Canada. Mom told us of a Christmas Eve when her mother took the only money she had to the store to buy presents for her five children. She had 25 cents. I don't remember what all of the presents were. I think that one of them was a balloon. I remember as a child thinking how fragile a balloon was. It would not be long before that one present would disappear from the child's life.
I think that Grandma Toole passed out at the store because she had not eaten for a long time. She was a tiny woman all of her life.
A more happy and humorous Christmas story from Mom's childhood was about Archie. He decided that he was too old to believe in Santa Claus. He told his parents about his disbelief. On Christmas morning when all of the children awoke there were only four stockings filled with treasures waiting for them. When Archie discovered that there was no stocking for him, he was so disappointed and sad. Soon a stocking appeared for the unbeliever. His parents told him that Santa had filled his stocking but had simply left it in another part of the house.
When Mom was still a child The Great Depression swept across both the United States and Canada. Mom told us of a Christmas Eve when her mother took the only money she had to the store to buy presents for her five children. She had 25 cents. I don't remember what all of the presents were. I think that one of them was a balloon. I remember as a child thinking how fragile a balloon was. It would not be long before that one present would disappear from the child's life.
I think that Grandma Toole passed out at the store because she had not eaten for a long time. She was a tiny woman all of her life.
A more happy and humorous Christmas story from Mom's childhood was about Archie. He decided that he was too old to believe in Santa Claus. He told his parents about his disbelief. On Christmas morning when all of the children awoke there were only four stockings filled with treasures waiting for them. When Archie discovered that there was no stocking for him, he was so disappointed and sad. Soon a stocking appeared for the unbeliever. His parents told him that Santa had filled his stocking but had simply left it in another part of the house.
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