Out of any book ever written for Children, Little House on the Prairie Books are my favorites. Just last week, I was reading the Christmas chapter of Little House on the Prairie to my middle daughter Audrey and as we were getting to the part where Laura and Mary opened their stockings and pulled out their gifts, Audrey cried, " Momma, I want a Christmas like that!" I laughed to myself because I couldn't imagine a child, even a child who only gets three modest gifts like mine, being content with a tin cup and a penny.
But then I thought, " That would be an interesting experiment."
So we are going to have a Little House Christmas this year, if I can find everything for it.
Little House in the Big Woods Christmas:
"In each stocking there was a pair of bright red mittens, and there was a long flat stick of red-and-white- striped peppermint candy, all beautifully notched along each side. They were all so happy they could hardly speak at first. They just looked with shining eyes at those lovely Christmas presents.
But Laura was happiest of all. Laura had a rag doll. She was a beautiful doll. She had a face of white cloth with black button eyes. A black pencil had made her eyebrows, and her cheeks and her mouth were red with the ink made from poke berries. Her hair was black yarn that had been knit and raveled, so that it was curly. She had little red flannel stockings and little black cloth gaiters for shoes, and her dress was pretty pink and blue calico.
She was so beautiful that Laura could not say a word. She just held her tight and forgot everything else. She did not know everyone was looking at her until aunt Eliza said:
'Did you ever see such big eyes!'"
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