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August 2008
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The contents varied each year, but the packages always contained certain items, such as packages of Grandma’s favorite Black Jack gum, rolls of Life Savers candy, maybe a box of Cheerios cereal, and a few apples and oranges.

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My mother was an excellent seamstress who made everything from knickers to neckties for us five children. Grandma was very proud of Mom’s fine sewing skills, and that’s probably why I especially remember our Christmas gift in 1961. That year, Grandma gave our family a large, round green enamel dishpan heaped with bundles of assorted cotton prints and solids for Mom to sew into dresses, shirts and pajamas for my sister, three brothers and me.

With lots of love, patience and creativity, Mom spent the long winter hours at her trusty Singer Slant-O-Matic sewing machine, putting all the pretty pieces of fabric to good use. The following summer, we children posed on Grandma Schuckman’s front lawn, proudly wearing the fashionable and sturdy cotton garments Mom made for us from Grandma’s Christmas gift fabric.

Karen Ann Bland
Gove, Kan.

 

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