Chapter 4

Christmas is almost here and Laura's family is coming over! The family does a lot to get ready for them, with food and cleaning. Uncle Peter and Aunt Eliza come over with their kids Alice, Ella, and Peter. They come over on Christmas Eve and the kids played all day long. On Christmas morning, the kids opened their stockings and they all had new red mittens and peppermint sticks. Laura was the only one to get another present. She got her very own rag doll and she named it Charlotte. Laura now doesn't have to ask her sister Mary to see her rag doll anymore! The whole family then had their big Christmas meal and Uncle Peter and the rest of his family had to get ready to go because they had a long way to go.


Response- It's really sad how in 100 some years Christmas has come from getting 2 gifts to more than 20! Laura can really explain how things were back then, even though she was 6!