An errata from the last post...Mom or Dad haunted my dreams last evening and reminded me that we also owned an Eddie Arnold Christmas album which included a song near and dear to my Dad's heart, Will Santy Come to Shanty Town...also a Jim Reeves album with one they both liked, Old Christmas Card .

Short one in the wee hours...early Christmas gifts.  I remember going to Skagg's or Woolworth (mentioned previously) with my sisters to purchase some inexpensive cologne for Mom, and a bow-tie or cuff links for Dad.  When I got a little older, I remember saving my lunch money so I would have a little autonomy over my purchases, at the stores within range of my bicycle. Two were most memorable.  The first was a LP Christmas album featuring some group of singing nuns performing what was then a newly popular Christmas song, Little Drummer Boy.  Unfortunately, at least in my memory, although it was in a beautiful cover and the lead song was fine, it was the only really good song on the record.  The second was a pen and pencil set for each member of the family...procured by obtaining five pens from a dispenser at Bob's Army-Navy for .25 each, and a high quality wooden pencils at Woolworth in Orem for about .10 apiece.  All I can say is, my heart was in the right place.